The exaggerated dispute between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama over allocating credit for the civil rights gains of the 1960s brings to mind the confession of folksy political philosopher Will Rogers: “I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.”
In a year in which the Democratic contenders for their party?s presidential nomination are uncommonly unified on the major issues of the day, and in their determination to regain the White House, the clash has injected an unwanted and unworthy dissonance.
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