Sunday, March 4, 2012

A nightmare scenario emerges for Democrats.(Perspective)

Byline: CHUCK RAASCH

Talk to hard-core Democrats in every corner of the country and no matter whom they support in their party's tight-as-a-tick presidential nomination fight, they all say one thing: Democrats, do not screw this one up.

But unfortunately for Democrats who believe the moment is right for a return to the White House after an eight-year absence, the ingredients for a nightmare scenario have emerged. The incredibly close fight between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, coupled with the Democrats' "attaway" rules that rewards second place, prescribes a drawn-out fight for the nomination in a primary season that has exposed significant race, ethnicity and gender divides.

The two candidates pivot …

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