Who Will Save the Dems?

In the past weeks a defiant former President Bill Clinton has rejected calls for Senator Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race. And his former Vice President is keeping his nose out of it as well (despite the cheerleading of Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-FL). But is Al Gore missing an opportunity here, or does he even have the clout to convince Clinton or Senator Barack Obama to step aside? He definitely has the clout with both of them. In terms of asking either of them to step aside, that is a tough thing to do. Here is the point: At some point the superdelegates, whether they do it individually or as a group, will have to ask one of the candidates to step aside. We have seen a growing concern among Democracts about the damage that has been done to the party from the protracted battle for the nomination. But it is not so much the damage from the heated race, but rather the damage that is being caused by too many negative attacks on each candidate that is keeping Democrats up at night. The kitchen-sink strategy kind of stuff is what’s really worrying . At some point Al Gore and the other superdelegates will have to step in. The question is: When?