Dear Joe:
This has gone on long enough. Nothing that happens in the next few weeks is going to change the fundamentals. Obama will go into the convention with more delegates and a higher popular vote than Clinton. She will be able to win only be warping the process and tearing the party apart, effectively throwing away the younger generation of voters that Obama has drawn, and Bush has pushed, to the Democrats.
No doubt Bill Clinton did you some favors. He appeared at a fundraiser years ago. Considering the stakes, that’s trivial. You owe more to your party and to your country than you owe to them. Bill and Hillary have long since made it clear that they consider their interests to be paramount to the party’s or to the country’s. It’s time for the superdelegates to come out. Your state voted for Obama. Your party as a whole has made its preference clear. You, and the other superdelegates who are staying mum are damaging your party. Whatever it is you and the other silent superdelegates hope to gain by holding back is trivial in comparison to what we all stand to lose.
If this contest goes on for another ten weeks Hillary Clinton will legitimize another ten Republican talking points. We can’t afford that. It’s time for you and the other superdelegates to step up. At this point, the only Clinton win would be an illegitimate one. We can’t afford that either. It’s time for our leaders to show some leadership. You and your compatriots, either singly or together, have to drive the message home. Hillary is not fighting against the odds, she’s desperately trying to fix the game. She has to be stopped now. Endorsing her is no longer a responsible option. Back Obama now.
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