Obams Stongerr Due to Beatings by Clinton?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/weekinreview/11leib.html?hp

The above article argues that the competitive campaigning between Obama and Clinton may actually have helped Obama, if he wins. One of the reasons is because she has made him a 'Giant Killer'. "No matter what happens in the fall, if Mr. Obama goes on to win the nomination, he will be remembered as the candidate who beat the Clintons." Another thing that she has done is make him angry; the article says, "Mr. Obama’s relentless hope-hope-hope campaign put him in danger of being seen as soft, a 2008 version of the “wimp factor” that haunted George H. W. Bush 20 years ago". Now, however, he has been given the chance to fight more aggressively and show that he is not as soft as some may have thought; he may in fact have what it takes to go up against McCain. The third thing is that she has led him to the working class. If he wins the nomination, he will be well aware of the struggle he faces to win over the traditional Democratic blue-collar voters that Clilnton has been so strong with, for example, those in Ohio and Pennsylvania. If not for Clinton, he may not have been aware of this challenge. Of course, there is always the possibility that because these two have fought so hard and been beaten down so much, that whoever comes out the winner in the summer may be so battered that they will lose in the fall, as was the case with Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. I think that the campaigning against Clinton has made Obama stronger; however, I think that it is getting to the point where the party needs to unite. It has gone on for long enough and I think that the longer that it continues, the more divisive people will be. I think that it is EXTREMELY important for whoever does not win to make sure that they address all of their supporters and ask them to support the candidate that did win the nomination. Otherwise, we are going to get screwed with Grandpa McCain running the country.