One of the hot topics for the political season is how the Democrats are risking an irreconcilable division as a result of the negative campaigning. There are many who feel the tone of the campaign is going to leave the Democratic party unable to unite for the General Election. These are probably the same people who said that Republicans would not get behind John McCain and the party would be left divided. All the talk we are now hearing about a divided Democratic party is the same talk that we heard about the Republican party. The truth is that emotions were running high then and they are running high now. Several months ago there were Republicans saying they would never vote for McCain, now we hear none of that talk.  Now we are hearing about how Obama and Clinton supporters won't vote for the other candidate if their candidate loses, and several months after there is a nominee we will hear none of it. All of this is nothing more than a perfect example of the emotionally reactive society that we have become.

There is one exception that I think may leave the Democratic party divided. If Barack Obama wins the most pledged delegates and is passed over for the nomination, this would most likely have serious consequences. Some voters would be dissatisfied with the Democratic party and would vote Republican. Other voters would feel anger and resentment, and just stay home. These numbers might not be huge, but could be enough to cost the Democrats the election once you also factor in the effect this would have on Independents like myself. I probably wouldn't have voted for Hillary anyway, but if she were to win the nomination with less pledged delegates, I definitely wouldn't vote for her. And I don't care about the Super Delegates, I only care about the delegates that were elected by the people. As long as the Democratic party follows this line of thinking, I think they will be fine, but if they cross this line there is definitely a risk.