I have been feeling like Obama had this thing sewn up for weeks. Elizabeth Drew confirms my reasons as to why only suicidal maniacs would try to nominate Hillary Clinton this summer. Read her article here.

(a) Hillary Rodham Clinton is such a polarizing figure that everyone who ever considered voting Republican in November, and even many who never did, will go to the polls to vote against her, thus jeopardizing Democrats down the ticket – i.e., themselves, or, for party leaders, the sizeable majorities they hope to gain in the House and the Senate in November.

(b) To take the nomination away from Obama when he is leading in the elected delegate count would deeply alienate the black base of the Democratic Party, and, in the words of one leading Democrat, “The superdelegates are not going to switch their votes and jeopardize the future of the Democratic Party for generations.” Such a move, he said, would also disillusion the new, mostly young, voters who have entered into politics for the first time because of Obama, and lose the votes of independents who could make the critical difference in November.

(c) Because the black vote can make the decisive difference in numerous congressional districts, discarding Obama could cost the Democrats numerous seats.

That said, the damage that Clinton is doing to the party and its likely nominee is horrific. The Democrats had better find a way to end this soon or they are in for a tough road ahead. They will have no one to blame but themselves.

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