The benefits of having Hillary in the race

[acrosstheuniverse]

Let's talk about some possible benefits.

Barack Obama gets to continue campaigning across the country and bringing out the highest Democratic turnout we have seen in years especially among the young in both red states and blue states. The media continues to follow him and interest in the Democratic contest continues to be high. There is a fresh fighting spirit involved with people moving to his side and enthusiastically supporting him against the tough incessant and determined campaign of Hillary and voting for him and thus allowing him to "earn" the nomination and come out the clear winner in a tough and close race which makes his victory all the more sweeter by the convention. He will have made it through and been tested on how strong he can stand through a Presidential campaign with a tough opponent and the excitement could be fever pitch...especially when he chooses his running mate and grand slams the acceptance speech right out of the ball park again. You know he will. ;-)

I only say it will be a slight benefit if Hillary drops out before July. Hanging on until the convention is too much because there are only 8 weeks of campaigning in the general election season.

[dkf]

1. I don't see any benefit. I am soooo tired of her. And she looks tired too.

[TwilightGardener]

2. I don't see much benefit, except that the RW shot their wad on Pastorbation

a little too early.

[acrosstheuniverse]

5. But isn't it true?

That an NFC Championship win of your favorite team is that much more sweeter when the game was really close and it fires you up more for the Super Bowl?

[TwilightGardener]

6. I tend to think that insults stick harder when it's your own side attacking you.

I don't know that it will help him for her to keep going, but it sure can hurt--if she and Bill keep acting like cornered badgers.

[loveangelc]

3. Well its making him a better GE candidate. We know the Republiican attacks will be terrible.

so he needs to prepare for it, and he's doing so now.....

[Johnny__Motown]

4. McCain is not getting enough coverage, he keeps fucking up and everyone just skips over it

[John Q. Citizen]

7. The McCain endorsements and the race baiting outweight any benefits. If Hill would

crank it back, then a benefits argument would make more sense.

If Hill would instead challenge the basic fitness of McCain to be president given his pledge to continue a third term of bush, that would make more sense.

Whether Hill stays in or gets out, Obama and the Dems are going to have to take care of it, and I'm confident they will. I think Obama will win it by pledged delegates pushing him over the top in one of the late contests.

It's true the state primary races allow for campaign organization but they are also a tremendous expenditure of resources that might be better utilized against McCain. They do have some duel utility though.

Hill can do whatever she thinks she needs to do, obviously. It's costing her and everyone else except McCain a lot though. However, we do have more capital this year than normal and I'm hopefully confident we can recover.