(I originally posted this at Dkos. Wanted to post it here and garner peoples' reactions.)
Yesterday, I predicted a Clinton win by 5 points in Wisconsin and was lamenting the pause that would put in Obama's momentum.
Thank God I was wrong.
I would like everyone to step back and imagine the tables were reversed. If Senator Obama had lost 10 in a row, wouldn't there be a national outcry for him to step aside so the Democratic Party could unite around Senator Clinton? Would not the Clinton campaign be crying foul and demanding he step aside for the good of the party? Of course there would be. And of course they would.
Therefore, I say it is time for Democrats across the country to begin telling Senator Clinton she must step aside. She has lost the momentum and she is losing ground in the two states she says she has to win. Whereas many were predicting a 5-point margin of victory for Senator Obama in Wisconsin, he throttled Senator Clinton by 17 points! (Even Mr. Kos guessed it would ONLY be 14 points.) This was a shocking win by the Obama campaign, especially considering the bad week he had and the negative attacks the Clinton campaign was throwing out by the minute.
The Clinton campaign has no other option but to resort to a scorched-earth campaign that is only going to hurt the Democrats by dragging out this primary fight. The ads are going to get more negative and the debates are going to be littered with feisty, combative comments from Senator Clinton. This is not good, this is not productive. It needs to end now.
Their plan to fight for super-delegates will be a no-win battle. Mostly because the super-delegates are not going to sink the party's chances by dragging this out until the convention (the only reason people are even discussing this possibility is because the media would LOVE to have a brokered convention to report on) and overturning what is clearly becoming the desire of the voters to see Senator Obama face Senator McCain.
I propose a national letter-writing campaign to Senator Clinton from Democrats everywhere to tell her this is not her time, this is not her election. The tide has changed. She's run a terrible campaign and, unless we find out Obama really is a Muslim terrorist, there's not much she can do to secure this nomination.
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