Here’s the deal. Even if there was any difference between the Republican and Democrat attack machines, it doesn’t matter because they don’t need lies and innuendo to win the election.

The truth will suffice.

And since McCain surely does not have the gonads to run on the truth, I sincerely hope private citizens and organizations take the torch and run with it.

CosmicConservative’s last blog post..The Daily Toon

He’s earned it. He’s ahead. Tearing him down to win will create bad blood that will hurt democrats more than a Hillary nominee will help.

She could make the exit graceful enough to not make it look affirmative actiony, if she wanted to, but she doesn’t.

I’m looking forward to listening to Michelle Obama complain about how the White House staff is deliberately putting too much cinnamon in her latte just because they can’t handle a black first lady.

bcostin’s last blog post..President Lincoln, call your office.

Seriously.

Hillary needs to bow out.

There is no benefit to her winning the nomination – AT THIS POINT – (even if it is, very technically, possible) that would be sufficient to make up for the, uhm, "difficulties", a Hillary nomination would create for the democratic party’s relationship with blacks.

I hate race/gender politics, but it’s here to stay, and if Hillary cared about anything besides her own sense of entitlement to the levers of power, she’d say to herself something along the lines of:

"The BEST I can hope for is to create incredible anger among one of the party’s most important constituents, and it’s just not worth it. He’s the best black candidate we’re likely to have. He has enfranchised blacks more than anyone in a LONG time. His politics are identical to what mine are on Tuesdays, Fridays, and every third Sunday, so I can live with him politically. Yep. Time to move on, Hil. After all, there’s more to life than politics. I mean, there’s….

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Ron Coleman’s last blog post..The long and rocky road

As the past 2 months have proven, Obama is no messiah. His charisma and speeches haven’t dipped him in Teflon as some expected. And the primaries aren’t pure democracy; keep in mind that only 4% of democrats have actually voted in the things. The Democrats could draft Gore to run if they really wanted to, and there would be nothing illegal about it.

Hillary stands a better chance against McCain. She knows it; Estrich knows it, and the Republican National Committee knows it. Unfortunately the DNC doesn’t, which is a relief to McCain supporters like myself.

But all this cr@p about her giving up is just that: cr@p. She’s on a mission, and if she doesn’t quit she can still pull off the upset of the past 50 years.

I don’t see how that’s possible given that Obama and Clinton have nearly identical positions almost across the board.  The rancor is a byproduct of "I want to WIN" and nothing else.  Once one or the other party concedes defeat you will be amazed by how quickly the rancor will fade into irrelevance.

And, to be honest, in the back of my mind I think Hillary would rather see McCain as President than Obama, for both political and practical reasons. Even though she’s not going to Leiberman-ize herself by actually saying this out loud. McCain’s probably only going to serve one term, and it’d be fairly easy for Hillary to either co-opt or repudiate his moderate politics depending on how it turns out. Obama, on the other hand, is either going to do well and serve two terms or screw up and ruin the Democrats’ chances in the next election. Either way, an Obama Presidency is less attractive for Ms. Clinton.

bcostin’s last blog post..President Lincoln, call your office.

Superdelegates are still the decider, and even though I think they will have to more or less fall in line behind the voters, I don’t see them all voting as a bloc.

It is also unknown whether there are enough foolish-consistency hobgoblins in Howard Dean’s head to hold firm on disenfranchising Michigan and Florida for having the temerity to refuse to bow down to the favoritism reserved for the "early states."

Inv A. DeSoda’s last blog post..The Assassination Smear 2