The protracted and increasingly acrimonious fight for the Democratic presidential nomination is unnerving core constituencies – blacks and wealthy liberals – who are becoming convinced that the party could suffer irreversible harm if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton maintains her sharp line of attack against Sen. Barack Obama.
And how would I know that these "core constituencies" are Obama supporters? Because they're "blacks" and "wealthy liberals"? I guess the redneck, dumbass, low-income, trailer-trash, poorly educated racists are all Hillary supporters. See how that works?
“If this party is perceived by people as having gone into a backroom somewhere and brokered a nominee, that would not be good for our party,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., the highest-ranking African-American in Congress, warned yesterday. “I'm telling you, if this continues on its current course, (the damage) is going to be irreparable.”
"Backroom brokering"? How about a media-driven drumbeat to drive a strong Democratic candidate from the race? How about a party trying to drive out a candidate who is garnering over 50% of votes in must-have general election states?
“If you have any, any kind of loyalty to the Democratic Party, perhaps you need to rethink your strategy and bow out gracefully in order to save this party from a disastrous end in November,” Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Mo., a black lawmaker and Obama supporter, said in an appeal to Clinton.
Mr. Clay, HRC's loyalty to the Democratic Party is why she's staying in the race. And it's about damn time that there was a fighter in the party. Just think where we'd been if Al Gore had fought back in 2000.
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