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What has happened to the Democratic Party?

There’s nothing wrong with a good political battle, but there’s something drastically wrong with political suicide.

We have allowed acrimony and bitterness to tear our party apart, while John McCain has been the beneficiary.

Hillary Clinton may have won the Democratic Primary in Pennsylvania, last night, but that result is ultimately insignificant.

Unless something drastic happens, whoever wins the Party’s nomination is going to lose to McCain in November. And that is no one’s fault but our own.

Hillary’s victory last night guarantees that the fight will go on for at least a few more weeks. All that guarantees, is more in-fighting, more nastiness and more division in the party.

Last night’s exit polls came up with these shocking numbers:

* In the event Obama were to win the Democratic Party nomination, over 60% of Clinton supporters said they would either vote for John McCain or not vote at all.

* In the event Hillary were to win the Democratic Party nomination, nearly 50% of Obama supporters would either vote for McCain or not vote at all.

This is insanity.

As much as Obama supporters hate Hillary and as much as Hillary supporters despise Obama, the fact remains that they share 98% of the same political positions.

* They both want to end the war in Iraq.

* They are both seeking great improvements in health care.

* They both would increase spending on education.

* They are both committed to a woman’s right to choose.

* They would both appoint progressives to the Supreme Court.

John McCain would be against all of these positions. He is a devout hawk, who will keep us in Iraq for decades. He will certainly get Roe v. Wade overturned. He will tilt the Supreme Court so far to the right that every civil liberty we know will be threatened.

We can only hope and pray that these exit polls represent the views of those in the heat of the battle. The Pennsylvania race has been among the most acrimonious on record.

When the party finally chooses its candidate. and it appears that choice will be made at the convention, we must all come together.

As much as we have been passionate about our chosen candidates, we must get behind the Democratic nominee. While we may not personally like the ultimate nominee, both Clinton and Obama stand for the same ideals, ideals in direct opposition to McCain’s.

Our choice is simple: Either enjoy a profoundly new era in politics, one where America rejoins with international community, or we simply continue the disastrous policies of the last seven years.

We can have a new era, or we can have four more years of Bush.

That shouldn’t be a difficult choice.

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