Democrats Fear an Ugly End;

This blog is in reference to an article out of the L.A. Times. This article states that the Democratic Party fears an ugly end to this primary race. In my opinion their fear is a genuine one. With Obama and Clinton being so close neither one appears to be showing any signs of backing down. There has been talk of a joint ticket in which Clinton already feels she deserves the top spot. To me it’s unclear why with her still losing the delegate race. Never the less Obama didn’t rule it out, but feels it is premature to be discussing such plans. I feel the longer this rival continues and the more they campaign against each other, the less likely this dream ticket is to be. The more I see them tear one another down the more I doubt that they would make a good team in the White House. I feel this close race is a media dream. The networks couldn’t be happier as their ratings soar. Another group enjoying this democratic battle is the republicans. While the democratic candidates are likely to spend weeks continuing to duke it out, McCain can turn his sights on November. If in the end the dems don’t join forces, half the democrats (who have demonstrated record voter turnout across the country) will likely have grown so much dislike for the opposing candidate they won’t even vote in support of their party. Of course that is just a speculation, but a risk none the less. I believe by neither candidate stepping down in support of their party they are only hurting themselves. It would have been a much more intelligent strategy to join a dream ticket prior to all these highly publicized debates, in which they have repeatedly tried to discredit each other. If they had followed such a strategy it is likely would have been an unstoppable force. Now, to me at least, if they do join together it will seem like a phony union was formed to avoid public defeat. By waiting so long I fear they have turned their dream ticket into a nightmare.
Jason Lundin
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-delegates6mar06,1,505167.story?ctrack=1&cset=true