Stop the Drama, Vote Obama

As of this morning, for the first time in this campaign, Barack Obama has the lead among superdelegates.

He now leads in popular vote, number of states, pledged delegates and superdelegates.

…and yet, Hillary Clinton stays in the race. Peggy Noonan of the Wall St. Journal has an editorial about this — including a quote from an anonymous superdelegate who says:

“It’s not math anymore, it’s psychodrama. If she can’t have it, no one can have it. If she has to tear the party apart, she will.”

Noonan argues that the call for Hillary to step aside needs to come from a senior party official who is female, white, and not viewed as an Obama supporter….otherwise Hillary will play the victim card publicly.

I don’t care who does it. It needs to be done. She hasn’t had a shot at this since February. Every day she stays in at this point does nothing but feed her ego, at the expense of the Democrats chances in the general election.

Wow. Just…. Wow.

Just when it looked like she might be able to heal the rifts and the Clinton reputation by bowing out gracefully, Hillary does perhaps the most graceless thing yet.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you a quote from her interview in today’s USA TODAY:

“I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on. […] Sen. Obama’s support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again.”

“Hard-working Americans, WHITE Americans” ????

If a Republican said this, we’d all be losing our fucking minds.

…just as she’s obviously lost hers.

Your “broader base” hasn’t managed to give you MORE VOTES, Hillary. You have less votes, less delegates. That means YOU LOSE.