And even before her resurgence on Tuesday, I would have said, “Stay in the race.”

Tuesday night’s primary election results bring a mixed bag of emotions to the multitudes of people hoping to have a candidate to cheer for this November. I for one am relieved that Mike Huckabee finally decided that “the time was right” for him to step out of the race. But the focus here is not on the Republicans… for now.

With 745 delegates left to be claimed by either Democratic candidate, the rush is on now to try to hit that magic number of 2025 to secure the nomination. And even with Hillary’s wins in Rhode Island, Ohio and Texas, Obama still holds onto a shrinking lead of only 140 delegates. I see this as a great thing for the entire Republican Party.

The question of whether or not Hillary should drop out of the race pending the results of Tuesday’s primaries was recently posed to me. Even before her resurgence on Tuesday, I would have said, “Stay in the race.”

The lead Obama has over Clinton is so small in comparison to what is left to be won that only a great fool would choose to leave the race now. While I truly think that both leading Democratic candidates are great fools, I am pulling for Hillary with each and every primary that rolls through. Why? Let’s look at the overall picture here.

John McCain has essentially locked up the Republican nomination. He needs only 67 delegates to clinch the nod. Plus, with only Ron Paul left in the race that should be a pretty easy task.

But with such a close race on the Democratic side, the ball is still way up in the air. While Howard Dean came off as calm and collected on MSNBC Tuesday night (he was talking about hoping to have a nominee before the Democratic Convention), I am willing to bet (an insignificant amount) that he is probably more baffled now about the race than he was Monday night. Obama had won the last 11 states rather decisively, and now Hillary begins what could be a great resurgence.

With a total of 58 delegates up for grabs in Mississippi and Wyoming before the huge primary in Pennsylvania, (for those of you keeping score, it’s on April 22 with 188 delegates up for grabs) the lead Obama now holds could become even smaller.

Now, the question still remains, why am I, a devout Republican, pulling for Hillary? I have one explanation: to let this circus continue.

The longer the Democratic Party goes with no clear leader or winner, the more bickering and fighting will occur between Obama and Clinton. The continuing of this behavior on the Democratic side only helps to solidify the Republican cause.

McCain now has no one to argue with from his side of the fence. For now he can focus on his topics and how he is going to pitch them to the American public, which he will now have weeks to do before he will know who his opponent will be on Nov. 4.

So I have but one thing to say to Mrs. Clinton: “Fight the good fight! Fight until you can fight no more! Fight until you are blue in the face! Keep on going until there is absolutely no chance of you winning!”

After all, the longer the bickering, squabbling and name-calling goes on, the better the chance that people who tend to vote Democrat will get tired of the internal party fighting, gain some common sense and vote Republican.

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