A glorious mess

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Don't lose hope for a Dem victory in November despite the 'glorious mess' our primary season has become.
This is from the AZ Republic this morning (a newspaper that obviously supports McBush). Check out the last sentence.


http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0423wed1-23.html

Much has been made of the historic nature of the Democratic candidates, of course. The first legitimate Black presidential candidate. The first legitimate female candidate.

But perhaps we have not sufficiently considered the historic nature of the Democratic contest itself - a titanic struggle, the likes of which the nation has not seen since the middle of the past century. It is galvanizing the attention of voters across the country. If American voters did not know who Barack Obama was in January, they certainly are getting to know him now.

Not all of what we are learning about Obama is blue sky and sunshine, certainly. But the gaffes and stumbles by both Democratic candidates have been taking on an outsized significance redolent of the electric campaign itself. McCain has a big job ahead just grabbing back the spotlight.

A historically competitive campaign inevitably becomes a divisive campaign. A stunning 25 percent of Clinton supporters in Pennsylvania insisted to one pollster that they would not back Obama in November should he be the candidate.

But dismal as they may be at the intraparty head-butting, party leaders should not put too much stock in declarations like that.

Likewise, Republicans should not take too much joy at the conflict among their fellows across the aisle. The current Democratic contest notwithstanding, McCain's road to the presidency remains an uphill slog against formidable barriers.

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