Rough Race? Yeah, it is!

Hillary is fond of saying that the campaign is not particularly rough.

All the media seems to accept this line but I think it is bull.

When republicans attack, it will be expected and there will be an appropriate response.

When Hillary attacked like a Republican it was a surprise at first. She has done things that no Democrat should ever do to another Democrat especially in the primary for the presidency. I need not repeat all her treasonous behaviour.

Obama is in a catch 22. If he takes the high road and ignores her attacks (like he has mostly done) he is accused of not being tough and aloof.

If he gets in the gutter with her sleaziness, then he is accused of departing from the new politics that he promises.

I think the media is so poisoned by the old politics that they can not appreciate or even see what Obama represents. The talking heads on the TV are so used the old way that they can not comprehend what Obama represents. Therefore they are stuck talking about him in terms of the mean spirited tit for tat politics of the past.

Obama is better off looking past Hillary and continuing to point out the differences between himself and John McCain. The primary race is over. It has been all over since Hillary lost the delegate battle in Texas and punctuated by her failure gain significant numbers of delegates out of Pennsylvania.

Hillary is doing NOTHING but damaging the Party. I believe she is no longer trying to win in 2008, but to win in 2012. If she kills Obama's chances by basically BEING a republican in Dem clothing, then that makes her chances in 2012 better.

As a smart and informed Democrat I encourage all those that love what our party represents to consider this and demand an end to Hillary pseudo-race for the nomination.