"She really feels she has the chance to win the nomination," says one Hilary Clinton advisor. "Come on," I say in disbelief. Then I quickly figure out that Clinton backers just might be serious. "It's the right thing to stay in the race till the end," they say.

Clinton supporters are banking on two big wins in the next 7 days. They hope that W VA and KY victories will impress those superdelegates who are on the fence and will re-energize donors eventually leading Clinton to the nomination.

They say that counting popular votes in Michigan and Florida (along with W VA and KY) may put her ahead in the popular vote count and that's the argument they plan to take to superdelegates. They say Hillary---not Obama---is best prepared to take on McCain in the fall.

The demographics of W VA are a win for her---the state is predominantly white and Democrats there tend to be older. The population is the second oldest in the country, so young voters (who've backed Obama in huge numbers) aren't as much of a factor.

Those young Dems are thrilled to take part in the primary. The W Va president of Young Democrats' of America, Rod Snyder, says, "we've been excited about this election for months."  It has been a generation since W VA truly played a role in selecting the Democratic nominee.