Day Thirty, April 24

To celebrate one month of 'publication', I thought I'd post one of the most thought-provoking articles I've ever read about Barack Obama tonight. From the 'What if...?' file, comes this article by Chris Wilson, bluntly titled 'Drop Out, Obama'. There's more to it than just the defeatist headline, however. In the article, Wilson speculates what would happen if Barack conceded victory to Clinton and "regain his messiah creds by making the ultimate sacrifice to the party." It doesn't get much more united than that, does it?

What Wilson suggests, is that by dropping out gracefully now, Barack can have a much better chance of winning the nomination in 2008, as his followers will surely not cling to Hillary in November (in spite of what exit polls in Pennsylvania indicated on Tuesday). Is it worth putting our hopes for Obama--and our country--on hold for four years so we can have an assured victory in 2012? Will the Hope Train still be pumping steam if such a scenario prevailed? Hard to tell. But it's something to think about...