Hillary Clinton must be getting her daily dose of Japanese proverbs because she's taken the sage advice of "Fall Down Seven Times, Stand up Eight" to a whole new degree. Clinton won big in Puerto Rico, with CNN Election Center 2008 giving the stats that Clinton won 68% of the votes, and Obama walked away with only 32%. Clinton has made a great win, and it would be wrong to not recognize this, but I still feel like her continuing in this race is beginning to step on toes, and may cause divisions in the future.
In a New York Times article on the Puerto Rico win,
Art Torres, the California Democratic chairman who has not endorsed a candidate in the race, said it was urgent for the party to avoid divisive battles. “Everyone is paying respects to her — as we would for Obama if he were in a similar situation,” Mr. Torres said. “But it now becomes a matter of commitment to the nation and the party. We cannot allow this election to slip through our fingers.”
This is exactly how I feel. That it is all well and good for Clinton to continue campaigning, as it is obvious that she still has people who REALLY want to vote for her. But if she continues after Obama has won both the popular vote and gotten enough delegates, then she is just being petty.
Obama only needs 42 more delegates, compared to Hillary, who still needs 201. South Dakota and Montana vote tomorrow, so if Obama can win those states with a large margin, he may have this in the bag. (As much as Hillary will continue to deny it.)
This primary is certainly giving everyone something to talk about, but I think we're all getting a bit sick of it really.
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