I know that I am not one of the more well known posters here, although I was pretty active during the campaign season and like to think that I made some friends here. I have enjoyed sharing my views with all of you, arguing, sharing humor, snark, and a more serious tone when it is warranted. Some of you may know that I have worked for the last four years as a campaign manager, and in other positions, on various races in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia. I started while I was in college volunteering for local races and planning events for candidates when I could. Being involved in both winning and losing campaings over the last four years has led me to making many friends, some great contacts and has given me some amazing experiences. All things considered I wouldn't trade it for the world. That being said, I don't really see any choice but to say that I am done.

This is not the first time someone has broached this type of conversation here at MYDD and sadly it probably will not be the last. The Democratic Party has been notoriously bad at keeping young volunteers and operatives involved over the years. When I started down this path I knew that it would not lead me to riches, I only hoped to do my part for a cause I believed in and pay my bills along the way. I thought I would eventually go back to school for a graduate level degree, which I still may do, but I really fell in love with the campaign environment and wanted it to last for as long as it could.

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As I travel around the feminists and pro-Hillary sites (odd union, considering that Hillary has never been much of a feminist) I am confronted with a lot of "Obama won't win unless" articles, discussions, and arguments.

However, I wonder why feminists and the pro-Hillary die hards aren't writing articles, or having discussions, about what will happen if Obama doesn't win and, conversely, If McCain becomes President?

If Obama doesn't win, I think it would be safe to say that the Democratic Party would be finished, and it would take decades for another progressive party to rise from its ashes. A third Democratic defeat, coupled with the Republicans some how managing to avoid suffering the consequences of the public's dissatisfaction with the Iraq war, would prove (once and for and all) that the Democrats can never get anything done, and its fragile coalition would be shattered irreconcilably. The African Americans, the gay rights crowd, the women's rights crowd, the college educated liberals, and the near socialistic thinkers would, after a third Democratic failure (and six out of the last eight), go in separate directions, forming their own caucuses, or aligning with the party in power; the Republicans. Can you really imagine African Americans (who are increasingly become more socially conservative) voting in 2012 for the party that failed them so miserably in 2008? Why would they not find common ground with the party that ran Lynn Swann and Ken Blackwell in 2006? Like wise for the college educated liberals, who are not going to sit around with their thumbs up their ass for four years, they are going to work with the party in power (just like they did with Reagan and Bush in the 80s).

That would leave us with the socialistic thinkers, the radical feminists, and the homosexual community. Does anyone ever think that is going to be a winning coalition?

I could list off all of the reasons why feminists, gays, and socialistic thinkers desperately need an Obama victory in 2008, but why go to all that trouble?

If you all want to sabotage Obama's campaign for the White House, get to it, you all have that right, but in the end it won't do you all any good at all.

Personally I am honor bound to follow the orders of whoever is Commander in Chief, which I am hoping will be President Obama.

But I am going to end this diary with a personal question that I hope the Hillary die-hards will spend some time thinking about. How much do you hate being aligned with black people in a common future goal? If your hatred of Obama is so strong, then I fear that a progressive/feminist movement in America is doomed to failure.

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Dear Republican friends,

We are not gloating, because the truth is, while we are happy about accomplishing our first step, our job is not yet done.
We still have lots to do.
So, my republican friends, if you are looking to patronize us with false congratulations, don't bother.
Congratulate us, when the game is over.
We are not being cocky, its just that we are still playing offense, because the game isn't over yet.
And, the truth is, we don't trust you people; we know what you are capable of.
The only difference now is, we're not going to take it anymore.
John McCain has already sunk his boat, the ads on this hypocrite are already in place.

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