No, really, you should go
The New Republic
by Jonathan Chait
Last week, Senator Pat Leahy suggested that Hillary Clinton ought to quit the presidential race. How insensitive! How boorish! Pundits gasped, Clinton took umbrage, and even Barack Obama was forced to concede that Clinton has the right to run for as long as she desires. The persistent weakness of American liberalism is its fixation with rights and procedures at any cost to efficiency and common sense. Democrats’ reluctance to push Clinton out of the race is the perfect expression of that delicate sensibility. There is some point at which a candidate’s chance of winning becomes so low that her right to continue is outweighed by the party’s interest in preparing for the general election. Does Clinton have a chance to become president? Sure. So does Ralph Nader. Clinton’s chances are far closer to Nader’s than to either Obama’s or John McCain’s... (for publication 04/23/08)
http://tinyurl.com/65sqn8
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pat+Leahy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jonathan+Chait
by Jonathan Chait
Last week, Senator Pat Leahy suggested that Hillary Clinton ought to quit the presidential race. How insensitive! How boorish! Pundits gasped, Clinton took umbrage, and even Barack Obama was forced to concede that Clinton has the right to run for as long as she desires. The persistent weakness of American liberalism is its fixation with rights and procedures at any cost to efficiency and common sense. Democrats’ reluctance to push Clinton out of the race is the perfect expression of that delicate sensibility. There is some point at which a candidate’s chance of winning becomes so low that her right to continue is outweighed by the party’s interest in preparing for the general election. Does Clinton have a chance to become president? Sure. So does Ralph Nader. Clinton’s chances are far closer to Nader’s than to either Obama’s or John McCain’s... (for publication 04/23/08)
http://tinyurl.com/65sqn8
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pat+Leahy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jonathan+Chait
rudkla - 8. Apr, 10:36
