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Hillary should do whatever she wants. She has earned it.
After Tuesday's night's resounding and racially polarized win in North Carolina, the Democratic presidential nomination is within the grasp of Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton was hoping for a "game changer" on Tuesday, a strong win in Indiana and a tighter result in North Carolina, and, just the opposite happened. The huge popular vote margin Clinton earned in Pennsylvania was wiped out by Obama's win in North Carolina. Clinton is behind in almost metric and her path to the nomination, which once seemed a foregone conclusion, has become a cliffwalk that almost defies gravity.
"The math" is not in Clinton's favor. So be it. There are only three remaining weeks in the primary roster and Clinton will continue to compete. Good for her. That tenacity is probably one of her Bill and Hillary Clinton's best qualities and this explains why so many Democratic presidential losers--Hart, Kerry, Kennedy, Dukakis, Richardson, Dodd, Dukakis!--have come out against them. Particularly amusing is George McGovern's "advice" for Clinton to drop out. Thankfully, this is not the tone adopted by Obama, who recognizes Clinton is favored to win West Virginia, Kentucky and Puerto Rico by sizable margins, and, apparently does not want to marginalize Clinton or the 16 million plus voters who supported her. Bravo. Obama is willing to wait three or four weeks and let the process play out. So should everyone else.
Most of the shrill and faux calls for "unity" and for Clinton to "drop out" are coming from the same repeat offenders who have threatened a race riot and engaged in a relentless smear campaign. Special mention goes to "progressive" bloggers, fellow "Democrats", cable "news" network MSNBC and black talk radio. They have perpetuated a breathtaking and fantastic virtual gangbang, a daily exercise in ridiculous racebaiting, lies, doctored videos, edited audio tapes, name-calling, offensive sexist jokes and double standards. Many of these "progressives" have used discredited right-wing sources such as Bob Novak, headline writer Matt Drudge and anti-gay racist Rush Limbaugh as their assignment editors. Trash is trash, no matter who sweeps it up. If "bloggers" or "news" sources "report" doctored videos, blatant lies, inaccurate information, then everything they "report" is likely to be doctored, lies or inaccurate. It's called credibility, and, sadly, many self-described "progressives" and "Democrats" no longer have any.
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama waged historic candidacies for the Democratic nomination. Only one of them could emerge as the winner. In the final weeks of the Democratic presidential primary, Clinton and her historic campaign should be allowed to continue its run, and, if needed, develop a graceful exit strategy. The same consideration would be given if she were ahead and Obama were behind. It's about fairness, its about decency, and, most of all, it's about respect.
Writer and television news producer Rod McCullom is a frequent contributor to The Advocate and The Huffington Post. His blog is Rod 2.0.
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