Fractures,

“What the Democrats have to worry about are fractures within.” In his article published in The New York Times last Tuesday April 8th, Bob Herbert pointed to the danger for Democrats to be as torn as they could not be united enough to win the general elections. Meeting with Hillary Clinton’s supporters, the journalist noted that in case she would lose they will vote for Barack Obama: “I hope Hillary gets the nomination,” he said. “But if she doesn’t, I’ll vote for Obama without any trouble. We can’t stand another four years of Bush, and that’s what McCain would be.”
Fractures are Democrat supporters’ main fear. As Herbert said, “the big question is whether the losers in the fight for the nomination will wholeheartedly support the winners.” The journalist recalls what happened in 1968 when Richard Nixon won the presidential election: “the party was unable to get its act together in 1968 and unite behind Hubert Humphrey, thus opening the door for Richard Nixon. The ramifications of that bitter election are still being felt.”
What the journalist forgot to mention is that as I mentioned it earlier in this blog, the campaign has lasted too long already and neither the US democracy nor the candidates have anything to gain in this long, too long primary campaign. Every single day of campaign now adds to the debit of each candidate and dig in a little more the gap between Democratic candidates.