Attacks could do lasting harm, party officials say
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The protracted and increasingly acrimonious fight for the Democratic presidential nomination is unnerving core constituencies — African Americans and wealthy liberals — who are becoming convinced that the party could suffer irreversible harm if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton maintains her sharp line of http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2966 against Sen. Barack Obama.
Clinton’s solid win in the Pennsylvania primary exposed a quandary for the party. Her http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3756), the highest ranking African American in Congress, warned yesterday. “I’m telling you, if this continues on its current course, [the damage is going to be irreparable.”
That fear, plus a more general sense that Clinton’s only route to victory would be through tearing down her opponent, has led even some black Democrats who are officially neutral in the race, such as http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3137, to speak out.
Clinton’s camp has a vastly different interpretation, arguing that the most recent primary demonstrated that Democrats remain very interested in seeing the contest continue.
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