Clinton Is Playing To Win

There have been several things that have irritated me during this campaign season.  However, what really drives me crazy is when people say that candidates should drop out of an election race because they are unelectable or they are hurting the party.  These sentiments have been applied in various degrees to presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Ralph Nader and Mike Huckabee.

I do not believe any candidate should consider dropping out of any election unless there is no way they can mathematically win.  At that point, the candidate needs to consider why they should remain in the race.  Do they have an agenda they want to continue to make public?  Do they have enough clout to make changes to the respective parties platform? Huckabee is almost at the point where he needs to make clear why he is remaining in the contest with John McCain.

On the other hand, some Democrats want Clinton to stop her campaign if she loses the primary election's that are being held tomorrow.  Some people think Clinton should have already dropped out of the race with Obama so the Democratic Party can focus on the battle with McCain.  I don't agree with any of this "quitting" talk.

Most people enter a competition because they think they are good and that they can win.  A  real competitor does not drop out of a race because they are losing or because the contest has gotten tough.  Clinton should compete for the nomination until it reaches the point where she cannot get enough delegates or Superdelegates to win. She does not have to drop out of the race because the majority of people do not like her and they think she is unelectable.  If that's the case, the people will continue to vote for Obama in the primaries and Clinton will continue to lose.  There are some people in the Democratic Party who do not want Clinton to continue battering and poking at Obama before he takes on McCain in the fall.  If Obama needs protection then maybe he's not the candidate that can win later.

The fight is not over until the fight is done.  Therefore, all candidates should compete until they can no longer win their respective party's nomination.