If Hillary has a poor showing today, when should she bow out, or should she bow out at all? I was having a conversation with friends about this yesterday, and they said that even if Hillary loses all four states today, she should stay until the end because of what she represents to so many people. Others said that she should bow out if she loses today so that she stays in step with campaign etiquette/protocol, and so that she won't be remembered as the "woman who doesn't know when to hang 'em up." The following NYT article indicates that Clinton (as of now) plans to go down fighting, but is this the best strategy for her and her legacy?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/us/politics/04cnd-campaign.html?_r=1&nl=pol&emc=pol&oref=slogin
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Personally I think that if she does not show well in the states that vote today, I think that she should withdraw from the race fairly soon because by her remaining in the race, she is only benefitting the Republicans. With her removing herself, the democratic party will be able to beginning to create a backing of support for their candidate and hopefully beat Senator McCain.
I think that the date of the withdrawal is not particularly important to Hillary’s legacy either way. I don’t think it will be viewed as particularly weak if she decides to fold after losses now or waits until everything is official. I think it is more important the manner in which she decides to go out. It is quite possible that she could ‘take everyone down with her’ and create huge factions in the democratic party. If this occurs, hopefully she doesn’t continue her trend of negative campaigning and respectfully supports Obama.
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