U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton stated Wednesday that she will remain in the presidential race “until there’s a nominee” but stopped short of saying whether that means through the roll call of the states at the Democratic National Convention in August.
    However, Sen. Clinton seems to forget that not only is it mathematically impossible for her to capture the nomination, but also that if she is pinning her hopes on clinching the nomination through the use of “super delegates” she is telling voters that the vote they cast in the previous primaries do not count.
    Don’t get us wrong here. Clinton has run a historic campaign, as has her opponent U.S. Sen. Barack Obama.
    However, the continuing fighting between these two opponents is damaging the Democratic Party’s chances at retaking The White House this November.
    To date, John McCain — the Republican’s nominee — has been running alone in the field, gathering support for the general election, as the Democratic contenders continue to snipe and bicker with each other.
    Right now, the Republican Party is mostly consolidated behind John McCain and keeping The White House. The Democratic Party, however, seems to be a rudderless ship with no party leader stepping up to unify the party and prepare for November.
    There are still primaries left — West Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Montana and South Dakota — which will take us to June 3. That is far too long for the Democratic Party to be without a presidential candidate.
    It is time for Sen. Clinton, for the good of the party, to withdraw from the race. She needs to use her considerable influence to unify the party behind Sen. Obama and help give them the best chance to retake the presidency.
    All her continued stubbornness is doing is tearing the Democratic Party apart, and giving the Republicans a clear way to retaining control of The White House.