Tuesday - April 01, 2008

Reports here say Al Bore is possible and this editorial says it’s time for Hillary to Step Aside.

Posted by Brit. resident in the U.S.A. on April 1, 2008 2:59 PM

Hillary Clinton should pull out
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 01/04/2008

Should she stay or should she go? With each passing day, the pressure intensifies on Hillary Clinton to end her campaign to secure the Democratic nomination for November’s US presidential contest.

This is not just because she has failed to gain sufficient votes during the fiercely contested primaries and caucuses against the political phenomenon that is Barack Obama; it is also the gradual deterioration in the tone of her campaign, together with her increasingly desperate tactics, that suggests the time has now come for her to bow out while she still retains some shreds of integrity.

Mrs Clinton is nothing if not a fighter, qualities that have served her well during one of the most exciting primary seasons in recent American politics. When Mr Obama first announced himself as a serious contender, with his stunning victory in the Iowa caucus back in January, Mrs Clinton responded to the critics who were already writing off her campaign by recording her own surprise triumph in the New Hampshire primary.

Since then, the “Comeback Gal” has given Mr Obama a run for his money, countering his ground-breaking victories in states such as South Carolina with impressive results of her own in Ohio and Texas.

But in terms of the damage done to her personal reputation and dignity, Mrs Clinton has paid a heavy price for remaining in the contest.

She was the first to introduce negative tactics, by clumsily playing the race card against Mr Obama, and then was caught out about her claims of derring-do in Bosnia and Northern Ireland in the 1990s.

Now she has reached the position where, because she can no longer win sufficient votes to secure the nomination outright, she must rely on the votes of the Democrats’ super-delegates if she is to contest the presidential election.

Although Mrs Clinton is perfectly entitled to hope for this outcome, such an arbitrary appointment after all the excitement generated by the primary campaign would serve neither the interests of American democracy, nor the credibility of Mrs Clinton as a presidential candidate.
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Posted by Drew458     on 04/01/2008 at 10:52 AM   
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