Mills on the Hill: Ma and Pa Clinton Pick the Lock

Bonnie and Clyde have nothing on Bill and Hillary. Facing insurmountable odds in catching Barack Obama in either the pledged-delegate count or even in popular votes cast, if Gang Moll Clinton succeeds in cracking this near-uncrackable safe in full view of about 250 million eyewitnesses, she certainly has the Keystone State to thank for handing her the keys to the getaway car.

And if there was any doubt about her gratefulness for the role played by her latest, willing accomplices, Clinton’s comments at her Tuesday-night victory celebration could have just as easily been uttered while counting all the loot and drinking bottles of Yuengling back at her gang’s secret hideaway in the Poconos.

“Thank you so much. Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you very, very much. Oh, thank you.”

For those keeping score, that was five thank-yous in the span of five seconds. The same kind of effusive praise one would heap on cronies who boldly saved your life by whisking you away from a daytime jewelry store heist pulled off in the middle of a hotel lobby during a convention of FBI agents.

Some talk of upcoming capers over in Indiana and down North Carolina way in a few weeks.

To quote a famous person who really should have patented the phrase: “It is what it is.” No one really knows what it means, but it sure does seem to fit perfectly in trying to explain what is going on here.

All eyes, post-Pennsylvania, are necessarily on the uncommitted, caped and Spandexed superdelegates to see if Clinton’s Tuesday-night haul inspires them to join up with the New York Moll for some future jobs.

Some might be holding back just to see whether or not some Elliot Ness character busts down the door to restore a little justice. You never can tell how the storylines for these episodic dramas play out, but I guarantee you there will be some performances worth watching.