Will the continued Hillary Clinton – Barack Obama primary battle and prospect for a convention battle over superdelegates end up being a Pyrrhic victory for the winner?

Write Katharine Q. Seelye and Julie Bosman in the New York Times:

Convention fights often spell ruin for a party. The 1980 experience for Democrats — as well as a fight in 1968, and one in 1976 for Republicans — all suggest that a bruising primary carried through the summer can contribute to defeat in November.

Today, nervous Democrats are worried that history will repeat itself as Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, who lags in delegates and the popular vote, has refused to concede the nomination to Senator Barack Obama. Despite the increasing rancor of the campaign, Mrs. Clinton says she is staying in until the voting is over.

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