A possible appeal to "party elders"?
"We have given them the gift of freedom, the greatest gift you can give someone. Now it is really up to them to determine whether they will take that gift."
Can we please get some party "elder statesmen" to have a word with this woman? I'm not even saying to push her out of the race, but if she stays in, she's got to stop this "by any means necessary" crap, which includes providing John McCain with quotes he can use against Obama, should he become the nominee. Or running ads that sound for all the world like "breaking news reports" until the very end where listeners are informed that the news they just heard was actually a Clinton ad.
In a year when Democrats are breaking records for voter turnout, which many commenters have suggested bodes well for Democratic victories in November, these kinds of scorched earth tactics could do a lot of damage. I know I'm not a "big name" blogger who could successfully launch a major action item. But I'm posting this in the hopes that people who agree with the above concerns will help spread the word. Maybe even find a way to actively pursue this.
Here's a list, provided by Mark Halperin, of Dems who might have the needed influence. If you click the link, you'll see that he's referring to them as people who might have influence with regard to pressing Hillary Clinton to bow out. But I imagine the same people could have the necessary clout to ask her to "tone it down".
And they are doing everything they can to sabotage Obama so that they can appear vindicated if he somehow looses in November. This is not something new for them.
I can't imagine after tomorrow morning there are going to be many people left in the Democratic leadership that will like having Clinton going around endorsing McCain.
The point is, the kind of politics that Clinton represents is being rejected. Americans want a progressive politics that encourages engagement from the grass roots.
Worst case scenario, Obama may suffer a small loss in Ohio. At most a few percentage points after being down 25. It doesn't reverse what has taken place during this whole primary season.
Obama will be the nominee. The Clintons and their supporters may continue to attack and do the work of the Republicans. But, that is only to their only detriment as they become increasingly irrelevant.
What is clear is their reactionary, pro corporate polices are being repudiated. Their gotcha, petty politics are being repudiated. For the first time in a generation a progressive, pro-constitution, pro civil liberties Democrat will be the nominee.