The Democratic Issue

Since its been down to Obama and Clinton for the democratic nomination we've seen some pretty fresh tactics from both candidates. Clinton's waving her experience flag, and Obama's promising the word change in nearly every other sentence. What I don't believe that people are seeing is the potential damage this quarelling can cause the Democratic party. In a recent article that I came across I read that 16% of Clinton supporters will not vote in the general election of Obama is the nominee. That number is also pretty similar to that of Obama supporters who wouldn't vote for Clinton. The more I think about the numbers the more it becomes clear, democrats need a candidate that will unite all the people. If Hilary is so dedicated to the Democratic party then maybe she should to the right thing and step off the stage and let Obama try to unite all the democrats.

The fact of the matter is its almost impossible for her to win anyways, and the attacking tactics aren't good for politics. If the democrats are going to win back the White House they have to be united. We can't have the party divided causing people to disenfranchise themselves because they don't like certain things about a candidate. History shows us that in past elections candidates who press all the way to the convention cause less people of that party to vote, and democrats can't afford that.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/27/dem.turnout.poll/index.html?iref=newssearch