Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton both assert that they can somehow bring this nation together – not be as polarizing as George W. Bush. They might start by uniting their own party. The 2008 Democrat primary is becoming increasingly bitter. If it keeps up the Dem’s Donkey may be split down the middle and sacrificed on the election alter at the Denver national convention.

Obama easily won the Mississippi primary 61-37% on March 11. Exit polls, however, reveal a huge divide within the ranks; 90% of blacks voted for Obama while ¾ of women support Hillary. That’s hardly evidence of broad appeal beyond either candidate’s obvious constituency. Additionally, almost 2/3 of Clinton supporters don’t even want Obama on the ticket as the VP if she’s the nominee.

The troops are getting restless in the trenches, too. Samantha Power, a Harvard Professor and Obama foreign policy adviser, called Clinton a ‘monster.’ Gee, where would she get that idea?

Geraldine Ferraro, Clinton finance committee member and for VP candidate herself, said “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.” I guess that means all that talk of equal rights and “accept us for who we are” from a champion of the feminist agenda like Ferraro doesn’t apply anymore?

Power immediately resigned her position with the Obama campaign with a profuse apology. Clinton said Ferraro’s comment was “regrettable”, but Ferraro says she stands by what she said and so far there has been no sign that she’s going away from the campaign. Ferraro is sorry if people thought what she said are “racist.” Ya, how would anyone get that idea? Remember it was Bill Clinton who brought race front and center in this campaign by comparing Obama to Jesse Jackson in South Carolina?

If this keeps up Obama and Clinton won’t be able to look in the mirror by the time they get to Denver in August, and they may not have a party left to unite. So much the better for John McCain who undeniably has demonstrated an appeal well beyond the Republican base. In Mississippi, 37% of Democrat voters had a favorable opinion of the Republican nominee.