Though Walter Shapiro admits "by every conventional calculation, the Republican race is kaput" he still won't accept that it's over.
"Maybe it's pure stubbornness, maybe it's a reluctance to listen to Romney recite the lyrics from "America the Beautiful" from now until November, or maybe it's a small child's refusal to believe that the circus is leaving town -- but I keep wondering whether the fat lady truly has sung... I keep picking up small signs that Romney may still be a little less inevitable than he seems."