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Losing and begging sounds far superior to most of the other options considered; the prospects for success may not be greater, but the loss if he fails is little.
Unfortunately he's gone Dark, and his dark side doesn't seem to know how to lose.
No, I think it learned that lesson:
That said, losing leads directly to Hermione in Azkaban...
I'm coming to the conclusion that Harry will lose, at least this time.
The only other "clever" thought I had was that he could zap the Dementor, explain how he did it, cause the entire Wizengamot to lose their Patronus, and then force them into Obliviating themselves (and the result of the trial vote) in order to get their power back. Very dramatic, but then what?
How exactly can he change the vote... can he force them to memory-charm each other to believe they've acquitted Hermione, because if they don't, he'll destroy the next Dementor, and keep on with the Groundhog Day effect until they get it right? Seem pretty unlikely.
Given that the vote is already happening, and there is a clear majority in favour of Azkaban, there doesn't seem to be any way he can avoid losing except for such Groundhog Day tricks. His dark side will probably come up with a solution (e.g. pinning the blame on Dumbledore or Quirrell) but too late, and that leads us into the rest of the arc. And I'm guessing we won't find the solution tomorrow either... another cliff-hanger.
Many of those in attendance probably can't cast a Patronus anyway, so they wouldn't have any reason to Obliviate themselves to get back what they never had.
While in Azkaban, his light side also thought very emphatically that "losing was for House points, not for people".