Democratic Primary Is Damaging to Clinton, Obama and Country

• By David Winston
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• April 1, 2008, Midnight

This year’s Democratic Party nominating process has become a depressing spectacle. Not long ago, party leaders were crowing about their choice of two “historic candidates” who would lead the party to victory in November. Today, the contest has devolved into a prima facie case of the perils of gender and race politics.