Letters to the Editor
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It's pretty obvious the GOP would rather face Clinton
Not that it's by any means a lock that McCain would beat Clinton in November, but that matchup caters to McCain's and the GOP's wishes far more than having to face Obama. Clinton's negative campaigning against Obama has already turned off the new young voters and Independents that he has reeled in since Iowa and that certainly won't change if she insists on prolonging it for another 7 weeks. Obama thus far hasn't pointed to a host of dirty money fundraising scandals connected back to the Clinton machine that took place all through the '90's, but McCain won't hesitate at all to provide a detailed account of Mark Rich and the other unsavory characters that have been somehow forgotten (I suspect only temporarily and deliberately) by most of the media during this primary season.
A previous poster pointed to Clinton's dissaproval rate near 50%. If her campaign tactics continue along the low road she's chosen to take for any prolonged length of time, that number isn't going down and very well could go even higher. The traditional Democratic base by itself won't win the general election and Clinton might not even have that completely intact after the convention in the event she was still in the picture by then. Anybody who's had the chance to drive through the southern states that has had to listen to countless talk radio programs would attest to how nearly all of them seem to promote to it's listeners that another Clinton Presidency equates to the coming Apocalypse. While it's unreal and largely defies any rational bearing, it's unfortunately a reality that won't go away as long as Clinton continues to stick around. Even if she managed to get past McCain, there's a fair chance the resulting hangover would be a reinvigorated Republican Party able to climb back to even strength in voters and fundraising. That prospect alone makes me tempted to go to Obama's website and contribute my entire tax return.