“Why do we believe the next ten states won’t matter?” a panelist asked on Larry King Live March 28th. And that’s what I’d like to know.

Talk that Hillary Clinton should drop out of the race for the sake of the party is nonsense according to 62 % of Democrats who say that they want the voters to decide. So why are Senators Leahy and Dodd calling her to call it quits?

Arguing that the tight competition causes party discord, disunity, and even abandonment, Leahy and Dodd say Hillary’s presence in the Democratic primary is harmful. According to CNN.com “Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the most unvarnished statement Friday, saying Clinton "has every right, but not a very good reason, to remain a candidate for as long as she wants to."” Sounds like more elitist interference to me.

“Obama has said it is not for others to say when a candidate should get out of the race” CNN.com reports and Hillary notes that “There are some people who are saying, you know, We really ought to end this primary; we ought to just shut down, …There was a poll the other day that said ... let people vote.”

So if the candidates and more importantly, the voters, are clamoring for drop out noise to end, where’s the issue? I take issue with the attitudes of party leaders, neutral watchers, and others who want Hillary to bow out because stifling the democratic process is never the answer.