http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/13401The Democrats' dilemma: The people back Barack but Hillary backs Hillary
by Alan Bisbort | March 13, 2008
The Democratic Party faces a major dilemma in the 2008 election, one that needs to be resolved sooner rather than later.
That is, supporters of Hillary Clinton and supporters of Barack Obama have different emotional attachments to their candidates. The emotional attachment to Sen. Obama feels much deeper to me than it does for Sen. Clinton. She represents another family dynasty of insider politicos who seem hellbent on selling us down the river. Though it's fair to argue about the differences in "experience" between the two candidates, the fact remains that Clinton does not engender hope the way Obama does.
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When and if Hillary Clinton finds a backroom way to pry the nomination loose from Barack Obama's hands, there will be hell to pay. This is a real and present dilemma. If Clinton supporters deny this they are delusional or willfully dense. While either Obama or Clinton could beat John McCain in November, the backlash from a snake-in-the-grass Clintonian power grab would be enough to undo much of the energy and excitement brought to the Democratic Party by Obama's run.
After eking out victories in the Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island primaries last week, the Clintonian "Comeback Kid" meme was pulled out of mothballs. Never mind that she gained all of nine delegates in the three wins (and even that nine is "soft") and that Obama then won the Wyoming caucus handily. Never mind that Obama still holds a virtually insurmountable lead in delegates. Displaying more gall than even her husband has, Hillary Clinton still insisted that she would gladly share the ticket with the senator from Illinois, the implication being that Obama would be her VP, her water carrier.
Perhaps it would have been out of character for Obama, but many would have welcomed him saying, "Sen. Clinton, I am not your White Houseboy." Indeed, millions of Americans on whose faces the White House doors have long been shut can taste the sweetness of an Obama victory. Anything less will leave a bitter, perhaps even unbearable, aftertaste.
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