How are the Dems gonna blow it this time?

Most of the people I know are Democrats, and not surprisingly they hate Bush and blame him for everything bad in the world. Its even a joke now, whenever anything bad happens in the world its "I blame Bush", which is honestly pretty ridiculous. The President of the US has virtually no power whatsoever, and is more of a figurehead of Congress. Besides, if Bush is really as bad as everyone makes him out to be, then how did he manage to win 2 elections AND dupe us into a bad war.

Well these same people were the ones that crucified me for saying that Bush was gonna beat Kerry last election. They also said that once we got a Democratically controlled Congress everything would magically get better (as I predicted nothing changed).

If it sounds like I'm a Republican right about now, I assure you I am not. I am a registered Independant with no party affiliation and I don't intend on ever changing that. That being said I will admit that I voted for Bush in 2000 and in 2004.

I feel totally justified in voting for him in 2000 and will defend my choice till the end. The fact of the matter is that he WAS the best choice then and proved it at least in his first 2 years in office. At the time we were coming off of a Democratic President who taxed us to death and made it damn near impossible for a middle class family to live comfortably. The Tech boom was dying out and all the extra money from that was gone and the economy was starting to tank. We needed a Republican to cut taxes and give us some money in our pockets for once.

He also did a marvelous job handling 9/11 (and no, he didn't cause it on purpose so shut up with the stupid ass conspiracy theories) and took quick action to go after Bin Laden. I honestly admired him very much at the time for doing all this.

Come 2004 he started to show some of his flaws. The war wasn't going well and it was revealed there were no WMD's in Iraq (the reason given for the war). He was starting to show his stubborness by not changing his mind no matter how wrong he was. Looking back voting for him was a mistake, but honestly John Kerry was a pretty terrible candidate in his own right. He lied about his war record in Vietnam and showed himself to be an uncharismatic, and far too pacifistic person. He also flip flopped his stances on issues almost daily (also something Gore did) and I think more than anything thats why he lost. I had initially supported John Edwards in 2004 and I'm convinced to this day he would have beaten Bush had he won the nomination.

So, whats all this have to do with the question in the Topic title? Nothing really, except for the fact that if things go the way they are now it looks like another 4 years of Republican rule in the White House. There is exactly one way the Dems can lose this election, and thats if Hillary drags it out to the convention. As it stands she is still pretty far behind Obama in pledged Delegates, and even if she wins the rest of the states 55-45 she will still be trailing Obama by 50.

For the good of the party, the American people, and the world in general, Hillary needs to drop out after Pennsylvania, or the Super Delegates need to step in and end this. The longer John McCain has to raise money and build a campaign the better chance he has to win it. Do the math, Obama is a damn near lock to win even if Hillary dominates the rest of the way. Step aside Hillary, its time to do the right thing.