those who live by the cliche, die by the cliche

I'm counting on the chickens coming home to roost. The Clintons, never ones to eschew hollow platitudes, may finally be getting their comeuppance.

No doubt they'll twist every arm and challenge every rule to win the delegate count (their surrogates admit as much). One analyst thinks their methods will finally backfire:

Top Democrats, including some inside Hillary Clinton's campaign, say many party leaders — the so-called superdelegates — won't hesitate to ditch the former New York senator for Barack Obama if her political problems persist. Their loyalty to the first couple is built on shaky ground ...

Few Democrats want to cross the Clintons when they're on top. But how many are willing to stand by them when they're down?

*A most revealing anecdote from Ron Fournier's piece, linked above:

Some are folks who owe the Clintons a favor but still feel betrayed or taken for granted. Could that be why Bill Richardson, a former U.N. secretary and energy secretary in the Clinton administration, refused to endorse her even after an angry call from the former president? "What," Bill Clinton reportedly asked Richardson, "isn't two Cabinet posts enough?"