For the Love of the Party - Drop Out Hillary!

Someone has to start putting pressure on Hillary Clinton to bow out gracefully. I would be happy to vote for her in 2016, IF she stops dividing the Democratic Party. At this point she seems to be making a case for McCain if she loses the nomination to Obama. She argues she can defeat McCain but Obama cannot. She is implicitly saying McCain would make a better president than Obama. Of course this seems to be her strategy this week, based on scaring people into voting for her. The direction of Clinton's campaign, as of late, has tactics similar to those of the Republican Party. If Clinton's supporters like that, which presumably they do or they would not continue to support her, they are much more likely to endorse McCain over Obama if Clinton loses the nomination.

Another IMPORTANT consideration: Obama's supporters will not roll over and die. As I've told a number of people, Obama has not built a campaign as much as a social movement. Social movements are much stronger and have a far greater life expectancy than a campaign. The anti-war movement that arose during the Vietnam War is a prime example. The social movement and unrest did not stop until the war did. Likewise, the social movement spurred by Obama will continue even if Obama does not get the nomination.

Obama will never be able to endorse Clinton if she defeats him. To leave with any integrity or respect from his supporters, obviously something needed for any future run at the White House, Obama cannot fade into the background as a "sell-out." By endorsing Clinton he endorses the very thing he and his supporters oppose the most, the status quo of the nation and the politics of yesteryear.

The supporters of the social movement will persevere with or without Obama. He has started something not even he can stop. The movement wants change. Clinton can't offer it. The only other candidate that can, albeit to a lesser degree, is NADER. Yes, I said it. The disenfranchised supporters of the social movement led by Obama will defect to Nader. He won't be viable but the message of the social movement will still be sent, loud and clear. Of course this means the next president will be McCain. Don't blame Obama or his supporters though, blame Hillary Clinton. She and her political machine have seen this coming and choose to look the other way - sacrificing the party for her own selfish desires. The only positive point if this scenario plays out, McCain's old and can't last forever.