Letters to the Editor
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@ Buckshot Roberts
First of all, awesome handle for a Hillary supporter. Just fire a spray of lead in a direction and hope that you hit something. Very "kitchen sink."
Secondly, in response to this:
I for one would love for her to take it all the way to the convention, no matter what. A great number of people have supported her candidacy, and continue to do so; should their concerns, their efforts be dismissed so casually, just because her numbers fall short of the lead? Anything's possible; why not have an active candidate ready to take the reins should say, another Rev. Wright-style dust-up arise? Don't tell us it can't happen. If you're so sure your candidate's got it in the bag, can't you just be happy and STFU?
At a certain point, you've got to take the training wheels off and trust that the candidate you've selected can ride all the way to the White House. Hillary's had more than enough time to present her strengths and expose Obama's weaknesses. If she hasn't made her case by now, she's not gonna make it. This has already been the longest primary in the history of the Democratic party.
It's also been one of the most divisive. That's not a huge problem if Hillary does the right thing and officially concedes in early June, because that leaves five months to reunite the party and come together to whip John McCain's wrinkled ass. But if Hillary is still nominally a candidate, even one with no legitimate chance of winning, she'll be preventing the party from rallying behind their nominee until late August. And considering that this thing isn't exactly getting friendlier as it drags on, that's a huge problem.
Besides, Hillary said that if Obama wins the nomination, she'll work her heart out campaigning for him. Obama's going to capture a majority of the pledged delegates when my fair state of Oregon votes on May 20th. Every candidate who's ever won a majority of the pledged delegates has gone on to become the nominee. So at that point, for all intents and purposes, Obama will be the Democratic nominee for president, and I expect Hillary will throw her full support behind him. Unless, of course, she's one of those people who says one thing and does another...