Gene Lyons says Let Obama-Clinton contest play itself out

[mooseandsquirrel]

So here’s my question: If it’s such a lead-pipe cinch that Sen. Hillary Clinton can’t win the Democratic nomination, why are so many people indignantly demanding that she drop out ? What harm can come from letting this fascinating seven-game series of a primary contest play out ? Indeed, I’d go so far as to say it’s her patriotic duty to continue. Sen. Barack Obama’s supporters aren’t the only ones who could end up feeling embittered if their candidate gets the bum’s rush. For example, Obama magnanimously offers to accept 50 percent of Michigan’s disputed delegates, a state where his name did not appear on the ballot. And people say that Clinton acts arrogantly “entitled” to the presidency. How many fancy speeches will it take to rationalize that away ? Besides, the Clinton-Obama race is bringing voters into the party at a record clip. According to USA Today, 172, 000 new Democrats have registered in Pennsylvania during the past three weeks alone. Come November, the party’s nominee will need every one to defeat Sen. John McCain in the general election. People who imagine otherwise don’t seem to understand how presidential elections are decided, i. e., by the Electoral College. Not, that is, by a poll of “Meet the Press” panelists, star-struck Obamaphiles, happy wanderers on Mc-Cain’s “Straight Talk Express” campaign bus or the first 500 names in D. C. hostess Sally Quinn’s Rolodex. Yeah, there’s a certain amount of redundancy in that list.

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http://moose-and-squirrel.com/gene/gene.html

[Demeter]

1. Maybe Because She's a Public Embarrassment to Herself, Women in General, Democrats

and her supporters? Just a guess on my part.

And it really looks bad when your Democratic candidate is shilling for the GOP.

[Life Long Dem]

2. MSM is off balance.

Edit self delete.

[bemildred]

3. Well duh. The primaries are not supposed to be a charade.

They are supposed to be a hard-fought contest waged in the arena of policy and ideas.

[Life Long Dem]

4. Stick to the primaries.

[sallyseven]

5. Obama people are afraid that something

will come up about him that will send his campaign off its wheels. Watch for it.

[IowaGirl]

6. I think you're right there, sallyseven....

:kick:

[Life Long Dem]

7. Obama has the upper hand on this.

[MasonJar]

8. Stop bashing our dems at every chance and let the voters decide.

It is all I can do by now to not get furious at Obama because his DU supporters are on practically any post on any subject denigrating Hillary. And why? She is working her buns off to win, just as he is. Their policies are practically identical. It is only their supporters who are different, so let the supporters work their magic and choose a candidate, and then we will hopefully all unite behind the one selected. I cannot let myself believe we won't, knowing that Supreme Court justices will assuredly be named in the next 4 years and knowing how nuts McCain is and how evil the GOPers have become.

[dbmk]

9. Arguments against keeping it running

1) Tons of democratic cash is bing spent on infighting and not fighting the republicans.

2) Hillarys campaign style is hurting the party image. (Thats one possible opinion ofc.)

3) If a nominee is selected very late in the game, he or she will have very short time to gear up for the GE fight.

On the other hand its bringing tons of people out. And thats why Dean has been most focused on cleaning up the retoric in play.

The Michigan story is so horribly skewed its impressive.
The state election did not count. So Obama was not on the ticket for various reasons. Fact is there was no reason to be. And then Hillary wants it to count. I am pretty sure there are several dictators and despots around the world that have been taking notes on how to spin that.

Labeling Obama as arrogant for agreeing to ANY solution, is beyond the pale. He's not the one insisting on making a not valid election count.

Oh, and if you actually read the article you get to this little gem: "With 10 states and territories left to vote, Clinton can definitely pull ahead". :D

Talk about ignoring reality.