Hillary's still lagging, and there can only be one reason.

1) In a conversation with two Democratic allies, she compared the situation to the “big boys” trying to bully a woman, according to interviews with them.

2) Debra Starks has heard the calls for Hillary Rodham Clinton to quit the presidential race, and she's not happy about it.

The 53-year old Wal-Mart clerk, so bedecked with Clinton campaign buttons most days that friends call her "Button Lady," thinks sexism is playing a role in efforts to push the New York senator from the race. Starks wants Clinton to push back.

3) Hillary Clinton Portrays Calls to Quit as Chauvinism

4) Chelsea Clinton said Saturday that she didn't realize how much sexism remained in the United States until she noticed the issue at recent campaign stops for her mother.

Dems have proudly played this primary election as an historic chance to elect a "first," no matter which one voters choose. In reality, their marketing campaign has turned out to be something along the lines of, "Vote Democratic: Find Out If You're Sexist or Racist!"

What an uplifting opportunity!

Update: Hillary denies the NYT story about "bullying." I can't believe I believed those sexists in the first place.