I think if I could crawl into the heads of Clinton’s campaign staff, the thoughts would be: “How in the hell is Obama still in this?”

Media projections had Clinton being the only electee in the race at this point by a 2-1 margin. Even our current president believed Obama would eventually be swallowed up by the Clinton machine.

But her overconfidence led to overzealousness.

Clinton’s strategy was to pick up both the large states (California, New York, Arizona, etc.) and the early states in the caucus rounds. This would make her appear more viable to the public and she could quickly covet that frontrunner position.

However, it seems Obama used her own strategy to chokehold the campaign. How would he have known the setup? Because he’s seen it all before.

In 1992, Bill Clinton lost several of the same states Hillary did. These include Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota and Washington. Likewise, he picked up many of the large states such as California, Florida and Arkansas.

Hillary even pointed out this campaign overlap as a draw back to Bill’s self-proclaimed “comeback kid” description. She recently said to ABC, “I have something in common with my husband. He never carried caucuses either. He lost all of the ones I’ve lost.”

If Obama’s staff predicted a repeated blitz, they would know to bleed her financially and sap support midway through the campaign. Which could explain why Clinton was so cash-strapped prior to Super Tuesday (the following week, the campaign raised $4 million in online donations). As Clinton takes aim at Ohio and Texas, support is again trickling in. Fundraisers for Clinton say she’s now taking in about $500,000 a day. Fundraisers for Obama say he’s seeing double that a day.

From the very beginning, it seems like Obama was settled in for the long haul. Meanwhile, Clinton supporters are shocked he hasn’t been knocked out yet.

“Everybody is taken aback—nobody expected it,” said John Catsimatidis, a supermarket magnate and prominent donor to Mrs. Clinton. He was bestowed with the title of “Hillraiser” by the Clinton campaign, signifying that he had raised more than $100,000. “Nobody expected Obama to be so strong. And at the end of the day, I think the Clintons will win out. But I have been saying that all along and it is getting harder to keep saying that.”