Demise of the Democratic Party

We may soon be seeing the demise of what we currently know as the Democratic Party. Picture this scenario: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton continue their race all the way up until the National Convention. Obama ends with more pledged delegates, more state victories and have the popular vote. Yet imagine somehow Hillary Clinton still gets the nomination. That decision will split the party in ways that may be irreparable. Not only will the party be split, voters across the country who tend to vote Democrat and share Democratic ideals will be so utterly turned off by this course of events that it will prevent them from showing up on General Election Day. Or even worse, they may seek to penalize the party by voting for the Republican candidate. Clinton will lose to John McCain and we will have four more years of pain and suffering. This would cause the demise of the Democratic Party.


There is hope; however. The party is split on the decision of selecting Hillary Clinton so Barack Obama runs as an independent. He has garnered so much support that many of the big whigs in the Democratic Party will continue to endorse him. He would continue an internet fundraising campaign that would be unmatched. He would be able to gather enough money to run as an Independent. He will have such a following that he would be able to spear head the start of a new, true and powerful third party. Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, John Kerry and yes possibly even Ted Kennedy along with Obama could be the leaders of this new third party. A party with Democratic ideals on social and economic issues, but that can remind voters why this country is as great as it is. A party that will cut out the games of politics in politics. A party that will not be based on who you know or how much money you have, but rather on what you believe and your judgment. A party for the future that has arrived. As Obama says, “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”