Something That Stuck Out To Me

[luna_k]

From this article:
"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 (Mo.), an African American Obama supporter, said in an appeal to Clinton.
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Comments

[jerrymcl89]

Hillary should get out when, and only when, she fails to meet a test for staying in the race. Indiana is the next of those, and if she doesn't win there, I'd agree she should get out. But Obama's already failed in several opportunities to take her down, and as long as he continues to fail, I'm in favor of the party continuing to have other options.

[sigrun]

I'm a Hillary supporter & my feelings are completely opposite yours, though I definitely see where you are coming from. I really don't want Hillary to drop out. I just feel that if she stays in the race, she still has a chance.

Heh, maybe I'm in denial. I just know that, to me, a choice between McCain & Obama is no choice at all. This might be the first presidential election since I turned 18 that I won't be voting in, if those two are my choices.

[heartbeat_drop]

while I'm personally an Obama supporter (and therefore wish she would drop out of the race) I can understand the views of her supporters in wanting her to stay in. However, I do feel if this continues to drag on, the party will become more and more torn apart, which is the LAST thing it needs

[jerrymcl89]

Personally, I'm on the fence in an Obama-McCain matchup (I always vote, so I won't be staying home). Obama's gotten on my nerves on a personal level, and I like McCain personally. But at least on domestic matters, I'm more ideologically in line with Obama. On foreign policy, I'm not really comfortable with either - I'd be happier with McCain if he was more like the first President Bush, less like the current one. And Obama strikes me as almost completely inexperienced, fairly naive, and tending towards the Jimmy Carter-style thinking that I really don't agree with. With Hillary, I've already lived through eight years of her husband's foreign policy, and found it mostly acceptable, so I don't think there's a lot of risk there.

[leezechka]

I agree with you. I cannot understand how people can NOT vote in this election. It is way too important. The slinging mud that has happened has blurred the facts that on all the issues Obama and Hillary share almost the same views and in my opinion would take almost the same, if not identical, stances while in office

[sigrun]

I want to be able to respect myself November 5th. While I'm a Democrat through & through, I'm not going to vote for a candidate who I cannot support just because (most of) the party is behind him. I feel that's being dishonest to myself. I can't support Obama as a candidate in the primary & it would take a miracle for me to feel like I could support him in the general election

[snolan]

I am an Obama supporter, but I think Clinton has every right to stay in this race right through until either one of them gets to 2025 delegates (which is less and less likely) or all the states are done (June 3rd). I think it helps the party as a whole to have a highly competitive race and it certainly lets people who have not had a chance to vote in a primary in some time do so... it also drives up registrations.

I would like to see both Obama and Clinton stay away from negative campaigning and focus on the McCain's silly policy positions... but she can stay in, and it will be good for everyone.

[leezechka]

I have no problem with her staying in, I just wish she would stop feeding the GOP campaign strategies for the general election should Obama get the nomination.