Yes, we can.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

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?

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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.