THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
A vote for McCain?
I know that the purpose of the editorial page is not to reunite old friends, but it does seem that's what last Sunday's "Readers Write" did for me.
A reader asserted that Sen. Hillary Clinton was the one to beat Sen. John McCain. The reader obviously felt that beating McCain in the general election was important, but she also went on to say that she would vote for McCain if Clinton did not receive the Democratic nomination.
I had an eureka moment when she went on to say she was over 50. She must be the girl who lived down the street when I was a boy. She was the one who also said she would take her ball and go home if we did not play her way.
MICHAEL BRADY, GOLDEN VALLEY
Unite, or else I don't know where a May 11 letter writer gets her information that Barack Obama is less electable than Hillary Clinton. The way I see it, if the Democrats can remove their blinders and cross over and vote for the "other candidate" they should easily overwhelm the supporters of John McCain.
Perhaps most Democratic voters are "so blinded" by the "star power" of Clinton and Obama they cannot see that the differences between these two candidates are minimal compared to either's differences with McCain.
If Democrats can't see the importance of uniting, then I hope they can at least acknowledge it is their fault if we have four more years of "the same wealthy-focused and 'be scared' doctrines" as we've had for eight years now.
DAVID L. COUNCILMAN, ST. LOUIS PARK