Is Obama hurting the Democratic Party by not joining forces with Hilla

[Quark]

I just wanted to emphasize this point that Quark made. Obama is currently sitting in the driver's seat for the campaign and only some very lopsided victories could even make it close. Thus, the whole question is structured poorly. The question should have been "Is Clinton hurting the Democratic Party by continuing to take shots at the democratic front-runner who is very likely going to win, regardless of what she does?" The Republican party has picked its nominee and is rallying around him, building up his presidential campaign while the Democratic party is wallowing in the dirt that Clinton has been slinging in a last-ditch effort to win the nomination at all costs. The cost, in this case, is the potential alienation of voters and undermining of the likely nominee.

To go back to this point, check this out.

As it happens, many people inside Clinton’s campaign live right here on Earth. One important Clinton adviser estimated to Politico privately that she has no more than a 10 percent chance of winning her race against Barack Obama, an appraisal that was echoed by other operatives.

There's two reasons this is still lauded as such a close match
1) Clinton really really wants to be president, and seems willing to do anything for that goal.
2) The media likes ratings.

In other news, Cleveland officials have decided to be ticked off. That whole "Republicans, go vote for Clinton so we don't get Obama" spiel? Yeah - it was against the law.

Elections workers will look for evidence that voters lied when they signed affidavits pledging allegiance to their new party.