>
> For all of you so anxious for Hillary to drop out WHY. She could
still
> win and even if she doesn't she owes it to those of us who support
her to
> continue in the race. And for those of you who support Obama just
think
> it will give him a chance to prove himself.----------Nan
>
> NEVER COMPLAIN AND NEVER EXPLAIN: MOVE IMMEDIATELY
> TO ATTACK---------------from The Lion & The Unicorn
>
> http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/04/post_28.htmlTo
review
> the history:
> • In 1988, Jesse Jackson took his hopeless campaign against winner
> Michael Dukakis all the way to the convention, often to great media
> praise.
> • In 1980, Ted Kennedy carried his run against Jimmy Carter all the
way
> to the convention, even though it was clear he had been routed.
> • In 1976, Ronald Reagan contested the "inevitability" of Gerald
Ford all
> the way to the convention. Few, then or since, have ever thought to
> criticize Reagan's failure to step aside and let Ford assume the
mantle.
> • Also in 1976, three candidates -- Mo Udall, Jerry Brown, and Frank
> Church -- ran against Jimmy Carter all the way through the final
> primaries, even though Carter seemed more than likely to be the
eventual
> nominee.
> • Even in 1960, Lyndon Johnson and Adlai Stevenson fought
the "certain"
> nomination of John F. Kennedy all the way to the convention floor.
> In fact, until this year, it's been an axiom of American politics
that
> candidates are allowed to pursue their runs until they decide to
drop out
> -- which is usually, by the way, when they run out of money. Even
Mike
> Huckabee kept running against John McCain in this campaign long
after it
> was obvious he had no hope of winning the GOP nod.
> Yet in one of the tightest races in modern history -- before the
opponent
> has come close to clearly clinching the nomination, before a number
of
> voters have been given the chance to have their voices heard, and
when
> Clinton still has a chance, albeit a slim one, to win the prize,
she is
> continually vilified for failing to see the light and bow out. What
> gives?
Good question, Nan. Do they just hate women, or this particular
woman? Are they afraid Obama will misstep and end up losing? I know
the anti-Clinton bunch have a long list of faults but the same goes
for the other candidate...both being politicians and all.
>
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