Internal Dissension: Pro-Clinton Bloggers Strike

It's a little like the American Civil War. Friend against friend, brother against brother, and now blogger versus blogger at the Democrats largest online community:

Objecting to the tone of attacks against Mrs. Clinton and her supporters on the blog, the diarist called for a "writers strike."

"This is a strike - a walkout over unfair writing conditions at DailyKos. It does not mean that if conditions get better I won't 'work'' at DailyKos again," Alegre wrote, promising to come back only "if we ever get to the point where we're engaging each other in discussion rather than facing off in shouting matches."

As you can imagine, this generated a lot of discussion. Is this Hillary's fault for not bowing to the inevitable delegate lead for Obama heading into the convention. Or are Hillary supporters following the time honored tradition of Ronald Reagan in 1976 and never saying die. Also quite possibly saving the Democratic party's strongest and most electable candidate (which they say is Hillary).

As a conservative Republican, this is fun to watch, and I only wish they could both lose. It's also an inevitable side effect of a long drawn out campaign fight where things just get nastier and more personal as they go on. We've seen it in the Ohio state Democratic blogosphere. The big question here is that when the nominee gets resolved, will the sides come together and support the nominee and let go of the rancor. I think yes, although it will be much easier if Barack Obama is the nominee. The enthusiasm gap between Clinton and Obama pales in comparison to the enthusiasm gap between the Republican and Democratic parties this year.