Might we appeal to "party elders"?

The beat goes on... Hillary Goes Orwellian on Iraq

"We have given them the gift of freedom, the greatest gift you can give someone. Now it is really up to them to determine whether they will take that gift."

Can we please get some party "elder statesmen" to have a word with this woman? I'm not even saying to push her out of the race, but if she stays in, she's got to stop this "by any means necessary" crap, which includes providing John McCain with quotes he can use against Obama, should he become the nominee. Or running ads that sound for all the world like "breaking news reports" until the very end where listeners are informed that the news they just heard was actually a Clinton ad.

In a year when Democrats are breaking records for voter turnout, which many commenters have suggested bodes well for Democratic victories in November, these kinds of scorched earth tactics could do a lot of damage. I know I'm not a "big name" blogger who could successfully launch a major action item. But I'm posting this in the hopes that people who agree with the above concerns will help spread the word. Maybe even find a way to actively pursue this.

Here's a list, provided by Mark Halperin, of Dems who might have the needed influence. If you click the link, you'll see that he's referring to them as people who might have influence with regard to pressing Hillary Clinton to bow out. But I imagine the same people could have the necessary clout to ask her to "tone it down".

Especially now that Ohio exit polls confirm that Clinton's last minute round of attacks worked, I'm concerned that she's likely to continue along those lines. Behavior that is rewarded tends to increase--at least that's what they told me in my psychology classes. So I'm afraid that the next month of campaigning promises to be even uglier, now that gutter politics have proven so successful for the senator from New York. At least in the short term. I'm really hoping that there are some respected grown-ups in the party who can remind her gently but firmly--and publicly--of the damage she might be doing in the long term.

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