AFP - Pressure grows on Democrats to unite behind a candidate

[FrenchieCat]

3/23/08

Pressure grows on Democrats to unite behind a candidate


WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democrats came under mounting pressure Sunday to close ranks behind a single candidate, as Hillary Clinton struggles to wrest the mathematical advantage from Barack Obama to win their party's nod for the White House.
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New York Senator Clinton is in an uphill battle to close the gap between her and Obama, the Illinois senator who holds a lead in the number of nominating delegates, the nationwide popular vote and the number of contests won in the campaign.

Clinton's chances of snatching a victory were receding by the day, analysts said, with respected US newspaper Politico stressing Obama would have to be "hit by a political meteor" for Clinton to win the Democratic death-match.

Clinton's own campaign reportedly has acknowledged that there is virtually no way she can finish ahead of Obama in pledged delegates.

"She will be close to him but certainly not equal to him in pledged delegates," a Clinton advisor told Politico.

Estimates show Obama leading the former first lady in pledged delegates 1,628 to 1,493, and ahead in the primary popular vote by nearly 750,000 people. The Democrats' proportional delegates system makes it highly unlikely that Clinton would surpass Obama

more..... http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080323/ts_alt_afp/usvote

[dempartisan23]

1. hillary must drop out now

[usregimechange]

9. There would be a better chance of her cutting her own arm off

[grantcart]

2. The more I think about it the more I believe that the long drawn out sched of

the last 10 primaries spanning 3 months is going to motivate a lot of SDs to move now. Had the sched been more compact they would be more likely to wait it out.

[K Gardner]

7. I agree; and also, they are now name-calling and smearing one of the Top Dogs of the

Democratic Party. This will not bode well, or sit well (among all the other things that haven't boded or satted, LOL).

Richardson a "Judas" ? Nevermind that she threw Obama under the TRAIN for McCain. This may have been the signal for the rest of the SDs that this woman poses an inherent danger to anyone who crosses her path, Democrat or not. And that, we cannot afford.

Had she been running a dignified campaign, perhaps 10 more states we could have tolerated. But no.. it cannot go on and it won't. I think we may see quite a bit of movement before PA.

[BeyondGeography]

3. Can you imagine how loud the Clintonistas and the media would be screaming at Obama

to drop out if the shoe were on the other foot? You'd need fucking ear muffs just to keep your head from splitting.

[galactical]

4. If Obama lost 12 primaries in a row....

he'd been viewed as the democrat version of Huckabee.

[cbayer]

5. Whatever else anyone thinks of her, she is a fighter.

Whether you want her to or not, I'll bet right now she will fight to the finish.

Whether you want to believe it or not, it's not over.

As much as I would love to see us coalesce behind one candidate, she's not afraid and she's not a quitter. That's one of the things I most admire about her.

You can throw all the garbage you want at me. It doesn't matter. It's not my decision to make. It's hers.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. If the results were reversed, Obama would have been told to step down.

In no uncertain terms.... "For the good of the party".

[cbayer]

11. Told by whom?

These are not school children who can be told to go to their rooms. This is not an election for student council. These two both want it and they both can do it. If they can't find it in themselves to unite, then I don't blame either for continuing the race.

Were he in the same situation, I would respect his decision as well.

[earthlover]

12. Napolean was not a quitter either before his Waterloo...

[sniffa]

6. Please see my thread

More pressure: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5223574&mesg_id=5223574

[K Gardner]

8. Thanks for linking to that.. I missed it.

[Mags]

13. I guess that is the Washington Democrats.

Hillary's Democrats are not ready to get behind BO. We want to wait until we see if the SD's change back over to Clinton and see how the next few Primary's go. Thanks but no thanks. Why push her out, let him win fair and square.
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