The unbearable sameness of Hillary

The scripted visage, the rehearsed content, the done-to-death tone — no matter how novel and exciting it is to see a woman elected president, Clinton is the opposite of new and exciting

More of the same.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Tuesday's New York primary was sooo New York — dispiritingly so. Foreign Policy editor David Rothkopf summed up the vibe by comparing it to an episode of Dick Wolf's Law & Order — utterly "NY-centric," complete with "overdrawn characters" and "a totally predictable plot." And after landslide Empire State victories for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton caused each to declare the race for the nomination all but over, here's what we're looking at in November: a foreordained Clinton blowout.

There's always the possibility that Trump (or Ted Cruz) could win. Trump, for instance, would be far less constrained politically in the general election than in the primary season. But as it stands, Clinton would stomp a likely Republican challenger just by way of the daunting electoral math facing Republicans. They need to flip Obama states red. And barring a big course correction, they won't.

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James Poulos

James Poulos is a contributing editor at National Affairs and the author of The Art of Being Free, out January 17 from St. Martin's Press. He has written on freedom and the politics of the future for publications ranging from The Federalist to Foreign Policy and from Good to Vice. He fronts the band Night Years in Los Angeles, where he lives with his son.