I'm confused. How is she hurting the party by staying in the race and yet, Obama isn't? Couldn't the same logic be applied to either candidate?

I think the overall feeling is that McCain's chances are slim at this point, especially against Obama. So this really is her chance - as slim as it may be.

Because the only chance Hillary has of gaining the nomination is by back room deals and other shady efforts which would cast a bad shadow on the Democratic party.

I could see someone in Hillary's position staying in the race if the leader was--from my perspective--a dangerous demagogue who had pulled the wool over the public's eyes. However, unless she's going to explode his candicacy and say he does not deserve to be president over McCain, I don't see any purpose to her continuing.

And while Bill has not been at his best for years, the only people who should have resigned in shame over the impeachment scandal were the Republican Congress and Kenneth Starr.

Never mind. Been there, argued that.

What is this "hurting the party" nonsense? How so? By keeping the democrats in the news 24/7? By making their contest exciting and making everyone want to participate? By not having the candidate selection over before every democrat in America gets to vote? By maybe having the first democratic convention in decades that's not an ignored yawnfest?


Also, while I don't approve of the "methods" Hillary might employ to win, the fact is tons of people are voting for her. Though she's behind in delegate counts, and even though it looks like she can't win, roughly half the voters still vote for her. Hmmmm, how does that make you want to quit?

I don't agree with her strategy ... but it's a legitimate one. Demonstrate that you can win in the states that actually MATTER in the General Election, and hope that super-delegates are swayed by that. Remember, there's nothing nefarious about super-delegates. The system is DESIGNED to over-rule the voters if the party big-wigs believe it's necessary.

I don't think it is, in this case. Nor do I think they will do that in this case. But the system is SUPPOSED to pick the candidate that the party big-wigs think can win in November, even if that's not what the pledged delegates were elected to do. I can't exactly find fault with a candidate who wants to use that function to their advantage.


Fat chance for Hillary, says me. But far from "hurting the party," I think it's giving the Democrats the biggest shot in the arm ever. The longer this goes on, the longer John McCain stays out of the news. He'd have to light himself on fire to get some press before the Dem candidate is selected.

John McCain staying out of the news is a bad thing. He's getting a free ride on the fact that he doesn't know Al Quaida from his asshole, that he has no problem with the idea of going to war for oil, and his constant flip flopping. Meanwhile we get to endlessly hear about pastors, lapel pins, and Sinbad. The more the democrats have torn each other apart, the further ahead McCain has gotten and the more time he's had to cover up for letting slip his ignorance on foreign policy. He's had months to take it easy and polish his campaign while the eventual democratic nominee has spent months fighting with their own party.

What we need is for McCain to be IN the news, not coasting along on the sidelines.

The point is, the more they rip at eachother, the more damage done to the eventual nominee.

Oh, you don't think McCain is going to rip at the nominee?


And if lapel pins and the views of someone's pastor are going to guide the prevailing voters, nothing much maters anyway.


Where' s the damage done to Obama because of LapelPinGate and PastorGate? He won decisively in North Carolina, and got nearly half the vote in Indiana. Oh, he's crushed. The damage is done, it's over.

Of course McCain will rip at the nominee. But at least if he's doing it, he takes some heat onto himself for running a negative campaign. Right now, he's getting a free ride while they rip into each other and he gets to stand on the sidelines and not get his hands dirty.

Why? I'm curious.