Dodd's comments align him with other figures in the Democratic Party, including its chairman, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, who have warned that the party must align with one of the remaining candidates soon, in order to mount an effective challenge to Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican nominee.
”The fact that this is just not appearing to come to any closure is a matter of concern,” Dodd said. The longer the battle between Obama and Clinton continues, he said, the deeper divisions it is sowing in the party's establishment and supporters.
”It's not that the candidates won't get together,” Dodd said.“The winner and the loser usually patch it up. It's their staffs and their supporters and others who have a harder time crossing back over again after a race like this. So it worries me.”
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The senator was looking forward to Tuesday, which will bring primaries in North Carolina, where Obama holds a narrow lead, and Indiana, where Clinton appears ahead. For it to end there, Dodd's candidate must deliver a knockout blow.
”Next Tuesday, if you get Senator Clinton winning both North Carolina and Indiana,” the senator said,“this thing's going to go on.”
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=52b1b6be-3998-4384-abea-99a5a7d79f76Hopefully, she doesn't win both then.
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