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http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/03/26/memo-to-democrats-grow-up.aspxPosted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 3:27 PM
Memo to Democrats: Grow Up
Andrew Romano
You say "racist." I say "sexist." You say "McCarthy." I say "stained blue dress." Welcome to the increasingly braindead Democratic primary contest, where the infinitesimal substantive differences between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were exhausted months ago and now nary a day passes without one candidate slamming the other's honesty, character, readiness or electability.
Observers have spent the past few months fretting that the longer this snipping and sniping goes on, the harder it will be for the party to unify around an eventual nominee. Now the worrywarts have some statistics to "support" their suspicions. According a Gallup survey released this morning, 28 percent of Clinton supporters would vote for John McCain over Barack Obama in the general election, and 19 percent of Obama supporters would chose McCain over Clinton."The data," says Gallup, "suggest that the continuing and sometimes fractious Democratic nomination fight could have a negative impact for the Democratic Party in next November's election."
I don't doubt that this contest is more polarized than what we've seen in the past. When race and gender replace ideology and policy as points of distinction, the battleground becomes personal, not political; the longer the campaign, the more time each side has to suspect (and accuse) the other of racism or sexism.
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