In the last two weeks Clinton has proven what many of us suspected, she will stop at nothing to win this nomination. So, if she somehow gets the super delegates to give her the nomination, as one republican talking head said on last Sunday's Meet The Press, "good luck putting the 'hope' genie back into the bottle.... we republicans are going to sit back, relax and watch the Democratic party blow itself up". If that scenario does play out, Clinton will lose every black vote, all the young folks working for Obama they are the most enthusiastic and largest group of new voters to join the party in YEARS, say bye bye to their votes.... and people like me, 58 year old female, life long democrat, feminist, mother, hard working professional (yeah yeah.. latte drinking) and donating & volunteering for Obama, we WILL stay home election day.
This is why I believe the only way to avoid the above train wreck is to make the ticket, Clinton/Obama OR Obama/Clinton, if this isn't the ticket, we will lose. Why? Because logically, knowing how the Clinton's are working this, the worse is yet to come. Think about it.... 7 more weeks of a democrat sleazy enough to say McCain would be a better presidential candidate than Obama... she will do permanent damage to his run... and let's face it, she can dream all she wants but the numbers don't lie, unless she can get most of the super delegates to vote for her, OBAMA is the candidate..... judging from the past two weeks and the number of sleazy, ruthless, attacks on Obama from Clinton...have unfortunately worked... fear does work to get votes, she learned that lesson from Rove/Cheney.. Lies about the candidate works,(R&C again) she's even thrown in the classic manipulative yet effective way women have used to get attention for years, she's playing the victim and even smart women around the country are buying it. Hillary knows how important this race is, she knew the rules of the game from day one but Obama out played her... he did the 50 state strategy and it worked for him.. He's got the highest number of delegates and if the Super delegates vote the way their state or congressional district voted, if Democrats stick to their word, the agreement made and approved by all the candidates, Florida or Michigan stays out, then OBAMA WILL BE THE NOMINEE.
So, knowing that "kitchen sink" style negative politics has worked for Hillary (polling showed significant percentage of people who decided within the last 3 days of the election, went for Hillary), the fact she's got 7 more weeks worth of sinks to throw, it will destroy this party.... optimists say "it will good for the party to let the world see what our candidates believe in"... there's just no way you can put lipstick on this pig... it's going to be a nightmare.. John McCains weakest point is his record on Iraq.. Hillary is going to spend 7 weeks and countless millions telling this country just how correct Mr. McCain is... and if Sen. Obama sticks to his "stay above the fray" style that I so much enjoy and respect, he won't have a chance, all that and much much worse. The party should cut it's losses, put these two camps in the same room until they slug out a "who's on top" deal and save this election we so desperately need.
I never thought Hillary Clinton would sink this low. I sure wish I could get a refund on the hundreds of dollars I gave her for her senatorial run.