The impolitic suggestions by liberal white males Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut that Hillary Clinton drop out of the presidential campaign have ignited a catfight between Clinton women supporters and the male Barack Obama crowd.
In a piece entitled Trying to Shove Hillary Aside, pundit Marie Cocco says "If it weren't so galling, it would be amusing to watch the Democratic men shuffling nervously in their television studio chairs, trying to conceal the audacity of their arrogance. For they have something in common besides their anatomy: It's Hillary Clinton."
She continues "Now Clinton's methodical, dogged history of work for the Democratic Party is treated just like the methodical, dogged histories of so many women in the workplace. Having come this far she must not go too far. She must step aide to take the smaller office, with the lesser title and the lower pay to make room for the younger guy with the thinner resume. And please, would she just go quietly like a good girl?"
Cocco concludes "So, the Obama campaign can continue trying to get its allies in the media and various party poohbahs to push Clinton aside early. Or Obama can welcome the fight--and win it like a man."
The bitterness and venom is running off those words like a river. And it is only the tip of an iceberg, as relates to the true feelings of many women in the Democratic Party.
John McCain must be licking his chops.
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