This afternoon on "Your World with Neil Cavuto" (5/14/08), Mr. Cavuto, in his own fair and balanced way, presented the will of the people (29%) who say Senator Clinton should run as an independent in the upcoming election.
Unfortunately, I was unable to catch the description of the sample population from which the 29% were drawn.
He bounced this notion off Karl Rove who also (unsurprisingly) thought it would be a fair expression of the will of the people.  
Admittedly, I watch Fox News because I am addicted to propaganda: I have a masochistic love for serious b.s., and Neil Cavuto is, pound-for-pound, one of the heaviest sellers in the market.  
My point may not be completely original, but this piece highlights the reactionary stance of serious Republican strategists at the moment.  They have a vested interest in driving the wedge between the democratic field.  In fact, they are depending on defections to McCain and loss of support of the inevitable nominee in order to stand a chance in the GE.  
Now, many sites have apparently solid predictions for McCain in the Fall with only a slightly closer race with Obama in the Democratic slot.  However, most of these predictions are based largely on the voter registration numbers from the 2004 GE.  These numbers (most likely) do not accurately represent the current voter registration numbers as we have all been witness to the massive voter turnouts in this unprecedented primary season.
I have yet to find a good set of numbers to make a solid case of this point, and yes, this is conjecture from me, but it appears that the Republican strategists have this same feeling about things and are looking for anything that resembles a wedge to divide and conquer the Democratic nominee in the Fall.  Nader was the key in 2000.  In 2004, Americans, still scared of their own shadows, changed party affiliation in large numbers to the Republicans, and hence voter registration totals came closer to even than in many decades.  
This season, the clear Republican strategy will be to tout Clinton's name, virtues, true grit, character, and all the other "electability" issues to the tune of calling her true followers to either stay home, demand her name on a joint ticket or vote R.  
I want to be clear that Senator Clinton is not my first choice, but policy-wise, she and Senator Obama are hardly distinguishable.  Indeed, a good case could be made that her policies are better than his.  But the point is that we must, for the sake of the future of this country, for the sake of the vibrancy of the middle class, the backbone of the nation, stay united as a party.
We Democrats could take a lesson or two from the Republicans in this regard: no matter what child-murdering charlatan they nominate, they band together and avoid infighting until their old white guy takes office.  Be on guard for those whose aim is to divide this party: they do not have your or my interests in mind.