Obama, Villaraigosa & the African-American Community

It is only the unsophisticated neophyte politico that would refuse to understand that one could support a particular candidate zealously in the primary election and then support a different candidate in the general election process, if the latter candidate received the party's nod.
One of the greatest dangers in involving oneself in political campaigns is to believe the hype that pervades your candidate's campaign; the notion that that candidate is the savior, messiah, guru, even "rock star" is a dangerous thing. I think Senator Obama must know that - why else would he remind us that we are the solution we seek? It is NOT you or me or him; it is we! We need every hand on the plow; many hands make light work. In this case, the policies & positions of the Democratic Candidates in the primary were very similar for many reasons: the most important reason is the overarching longstanding platform of the Democratic Party itself - a platform for decades that is inclusive (as compared to the Republican Platform); a platform that is pro-hardworking families (as compared to the RP); & a platform that is fiscally responsible (as compared to RP). the WE that can get the job done must be the WE that acts in concert. Therefore, after a zealously faught battle for the nomination, it is no surprise that Democrats rally around the chosen candidate to defeat the opposing party. Having said that, it is clear that we could "snatch defeat out of the mouth of victory" by attacking each-other for merely engaging in the primary - Neither Senator Obama nor Senator Clinton had a right to assume that he or she would be chosen without a fight in the primary nor does Senator Obama or Senator Clinton have a right to squander OUR opportunity to succeed to a new day in America by having their neophyte supporters attack the other by playing the "eating our young" "slaying our elders" politics of the petty. Get a grip people; it is time to demonstrate our unity. We need at least 16 years to undo the harm that has been done to this planet by the 32 years of Right-wing hijacking of our democratic process - Nixon, Ford, (Carter was a 4year blip on the screen) Reagon, Bush, (Clinton 8 years fighting hassles from a R-led & self inflicted sabbotage) Bush (ugh, what can I say?) NOW, WE MUST STOP accusing eachother of diabolical schemes and put our shoulders to the plow of justice and equality, prosperity and peace, education and advancement for all. That's what our Democratic Party stands for and that's what we should be about. In my humble opinion.