Should Clinton or Obama get out of the race to save the Democrats?
Now that Hillary Clinton has scored three huge victories in the race for the Democratic nomination, it appears the party won't find out who its nominee is going to be until possibly late summer. It could be a bruising battle that could end in a brokered convention- with a lot of hard feelings.
Now the question is should either candidate get out for the good of the party, or the country?
The longer the race goes on, the more money it costs the Democrats, and the more damage it has the potential to cause.
Right now, Barack Obama has won more states, but Hillary Clinton has won the bigger states.
Barack Obama has more elected delegates; Hillary Clinton has more super delegates.
So the question is- should either candidate get out now? Which one? Why?
Comments
No. No one should get out. This is politics, and sometimes it's messy and takes a long time. We have two very viable candidates running and they have a right to run their races. It was the same with Huckabee and Paul--or any candidate--they had the same right to run as long as they wanted to. The real problem is what to do about Michigan and Florida. That will really cost the Democrat party a lot of money to re-do those elections, but that is what should be done. Every vote should count. Dean made the problem, and he is DNC chairman, so it needs to be fixed by the DNC. That is what could tear the party apart more easily than the prolonged race to the nominee.
Posted by: Lynn | March 8, 2008 04:36 PM
It's one of those "anybody but Hillary deals", do you know where I can find that tee shirt??????? He is moving ahead and well should he be!!!!!
Come on!!!!
Posted by: Debbie Nedrow | March 8, 2008 11:53 PM
Chris, I don't see the logic in '...Barack Obama has won more states, but Hillary Clinton has won the bigger states.' or 'Barack Obama has more elected delegates; Hillary Clinton has more super delegates.' You first postulate suggests that winning more states versus winning fewer but larger states equates to Barack being behind in the campaign. The same goes for 'delegates' versus 'super delegates'. The last I checked, Barack was leading in the delegates. This is really a good position for Barack, because his delegates are committed, where super-delegates don't have to be committed. Do the math and you will see that with Governor Richardson abandoning the Clinton ship and climbing aboard the Obama ship is great news for Obama. Can you imagine the phone bill the governor is going to have calling all those 'super-delegates'. This has just got to give you that 'all over fuzzy feeling'.
Posted by: privateman31 | March 22, 2008 12:59 AM
No, I don't think either candidate should withdraw until the convention is over. If they truely believe in themselves and their plan for America then they should continue. I feel cheated by the early withdrawl of some of the Republican candidates, smacked of conspiracies and behind the door deals. I was hoping for a true race on both sides of the aisle. There are too many things that can happen between now and the convention that could unseat either Democratic candidate. This is after all a political process, an election not an annoiting of a Queen or King. I think we have had far too much of the party establishment foistering their poster child off on us and saddling us with less than stellar performers.
Posted by: Gregg Leibert | May 6, 2008 04:08 PM