Every American, regardless of political affiliation, who genuinely hopes to see a significant reduction in the nasty and malignant political partisanship and polarization that has for so long dominated Washington, must be increasingly dismayed watching the pathetic antics of Bill and Hillary Clinton in recent days.

It is unbecoming and inappropriate for Bill Clinton to have so directly injected himself into the campaign in support of his wife, and to be so engaged in the effort to personally destroy his wife's chief opponent, Barack Obama. Bill Clinton is a former President of The United States, and there is simply no precedent for a former president doing what Bill Clinton is now engaged in. Democrat party leaders have voiced both alarm and anger at this in recent days. But should we be that surprised? This is Bill Clinton we're talking about, after all.

Further, Bill and Hillary are now consciously and obviously engaged in an effort to inject racism into the Democratic contest. This might be successful in the short term, but it is clear that African Americans both in South Carolina and increasingly nationwide, are becoming sufficiently offended and angered that it could fatally damage Hillary's chances of being elected in November if she is the Democrat nominee. For a person who generally supports the conservative cause, as I do, this would be expected to be a favorable outcome.

However, the reminder of the polarization and nastiness of the Clinton years, the pathetic and disgusting racial and personal destructive politics that they are now engaged in, and the dignity and optimistic hope with which Barack Obama has generally conducted his campaign, leads me to highly hope that the Clinton effort backfires very badly in their faces, and that Barack Obama becomes the Democrat nominee who will face off with the Republican in November.

One would hope that Barack Obama will now go for broke, showing no hesitation whatsoever, with no backing off, with full dignified aggressiveness, and pulling out ALL of the stops, in an effort to stop the Clintons and win the Democratic nomination.

It is time for Bill and Hillary to go away for good, and one hopes that Barack Obama has it in him to do all that is necessary to send them packing.