Why Hillary Clinton Should Stay in the Race.

The validity of Hillary Clinton's candidacy has been questioned lately. There are some who say that her time has come to pull out and to let Barack become the nominee. But there are also some, like me, who believe that she race should continue.
The race is much closer than it is portrayed on tv. It is true that right now the numbers do not favor her, but so much could happen from now until the convention. National polls are essentially tied at 50/50. The exclusion of some of the largest states in the nation also has taken its toll on Hillary's numbers. Even without those delegates she is close behind.
It is not fair to the remaining primary states. With the race as close as it is, you would think that a democracy would want to let its citizens get a chance to voice their opinions. Without a clear winner, they could make all the difference. If they were to vote for Obama, Hillary supporters everywhere and Hillary herself would admit his victory and give him the nomination. But in such an important election, clarity is demanded. At this point, it does not exist.
It makes sense for Hillary. As Bill has said, Hillary is not a quitter. To most, that is an admirable quality, a quality possessed by some of the greater presidents. If she were to drop out, she would be deemed a quitter. The Clinton-Bashing Republicans would have a field day. I think looking back, that people in the future would regret her dropping out now if she did. These two battling to the end is so amazing. Look at who they are! A black man and a woman. Isn't it fantastic that it has been such a rigorous election between the two of them? The awe of it all has been understated and overlooked. Hillary cannot let down the 12 million+ people who made the historic decision to vote for her.
Talk of this election ruining the party has also emerged. To be honest, I don't think it is really helping the party, but I also don't think that the Democrats will be hurt by it. Right now, everyone is pretty bitter and so on but in the long run people will get over their little grudges and realize that they need to go with whoever wins the nominee. We have enough ADD to forget how we feel now.
However, there is one thing that should drop out of this race. The media. They have become much more pressing on issues that should not be pressed. If the media didn't concentrate on the negatives of the campaigns I firmly believe that the entire nation would realize the election is neck and neck and would press on for more primaries. I don't think that the media is being particularly biased against Hillary (anymore) but they don't talk about anything except the election. If you repeatedly tell a group of people that someone is down, it will get repetitive and obnoxious, creating a lot of the bitterness they seem to think they didn't have a hand in making. They are forgetting there is a world of news out there! Leave the election to the voters and report on things like Iraq, Darfur...There is so much more out there that we are ignoring.
Mull over these things, comment...anyone welcome.