What a night for Sen. Hillary Clinton!

Her nearly 10-point victory over Sen. Barack Obama in Pennsyl-vania on Tuesday, April 22, put her back in the race, and in no small way.

Make no mistake about it: This was a blowout. Obama spent double what Clinton did in the Keystone State to prevent a loss, but lose he did. What now?

By winning Pennsylvania, Clinton has called into question one of Obama’s famed qualities: his ability to unite.

Obama still cannot close the deal. How does he expect to unite the entire country when, after three months of primaries and nearly a year of campaigning, he can’t even unite his own party? Including Michigan and Florida, he has virtually no lead in the popular vote. The magic that got him several victories earlier is gone.

His electability is also becoming a serious question that the superdelegates must address (after all, they will decide the nominee).

Clinton actually has the better chance in the general election. Only two of the past seven presidents have been Democrats, and both have been and earned support from the South.

But now, as in 2000 and 2004, it will be swing states that decide who gets the majority of electoral votes.

Clinton is the one who can beat Sen. John McCain in the general election, not Obama. Those are classic Clinton demographics, just like Pennsylvania: mostly white, older populations with lower incomes. She has won all of these groups in each contest.

More than 10 million people also saw Obama make a fool out of himself at the debate. He can barely string two words together without an “um” or “uh,” and clearly has no idea what the capital-gains tax is or how it works.

His socialism was blatant when he claimed that he would raise taxes on the rich, not for economic gains, but for the sake of “fairness.” He was inconsistent and confusing while responding to the question of patriotism and ignored questions about his ties to a suspected terrorist.

At the same debate, Clinton had her act together. Her clear, concise answers to many of the economic questions made Obama look incompetent and foolish. She didn’t stutter. She addressed the superdelegates directly and tied herself to the economic prosperity of the 1990s.

Elsewhere, her campaign is on a roll. While I think the debate was a stroke of luck (due to some hard questions for Obama), Clinton is the one who has knocked Obama off his pedestal. She is attacking him relentlessly for his inexperience and lack of substance, being tougher on him than McCain.

And how does Obama respond? He whines about negativity. He is being wimpier than Clinton ever was. As I mentioned above: His magic is gone.

I do not know which candidate will be nominated. But it is unquestionable that Clinton is the more electable than Obama in the general contest. If the superdelegates are smart, they will nominate her.

But if they’re not, McCain will be assured a seat in a White House (badly damaged by his own party, no less) this November.

Brett Kostrzewski is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.