The news-cycle over the past few days has been filled with some Democratic bigwigs, unnamed sources and others hinting or flatly clamoring for Hillary Clinton to get out of the 2008 Democratic race since they contend she doesn’t have a realistic chance. But now she’s getting moral support to stay in from a former Presidential candidate — but it’s unlikely to impress Democratic Superdelegates:
Senator Clinton:
Just read where Senator Patrick Leahy is calling on you to drop out of the Presidential race.
Believe me.
I know something about this.
Here’s my advice:
Don’t listen to people when they tell you not to run anymore.
That’s just political bigotry.
Listen to your own inner citizen First Amendment voice.
This is America.
Just like every other citizen, you have a right to run.
Whenever you like.
For as long as you like.
It’s up to you, Hillary.
Just tell them –
It’s democracy.
Get used to it.
Yours truly,
Ralph Nader
To Superdelegates, will Nader’s comments represent this?
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.