Dana Milbank in the Washington Post used it first, perhaps, but I felt the Groundhog Day vibes this morning. It looks like the Democratic Party will bleed itself to death before November.

Obama came from behind, caught up, and stalled there. True, he is slightly ahead in delegates, but a bare win in Denver will feel troubled, polluted by a sour taste left over from bitter campaigning and dodging the cheap shots. It is hard to see how Hillary Clinton would find reason to concede before then, and the closer the two are while primaries remain  the harder they will fight.

I can't fault either for trying; both have sound foundations for their support. It may be a perfect storm of two camps finding the exact location of a divide, allowing a permanent war across the exact center of Democratic demographics.

I have to admit it may be a relief if Obama flames out and Clinton goes on to win in Denver, since the current process is exhausting to all of us. But the likely route is more slugging, more quibbling, more fights over a super or two, more dueling endorsements, more analysis of expected delegate totals, and more resentment that may suck the life out of the fall campaign.

The asymmetry in reciprocal support shown by the two camps is troubling, although that there is any chance of a disappointed primary voter jumping ship to McAttack makes me really angry. How childish can people be? How unrealistic is the view that the opposition  can be better than the ally?

We may get what we deserve, but the world does not deserve more GOP policies.