Politics | Barack Obama McGovern: Save the Party, Campaign Together Former Democratic nominee proposes joint tour to heal rift By Matt Cantor Posted May 13, 2008 9:13 AM CDT Copied In this Oct. 6, 2007 file photo, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., poses with former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Divisions among Democrats have killed the party’s presidential chances on more than one occasion, and it must not happen this time, writes George McGovern in the New York Times . The 1972 Democratic nominee—who recently switched his endorsement to Barack Obama—offers a plan to unite the party: Obama and Hillary Clinton should campaign side-by-side in the remaining states, outlining their plans for the country without attacking each other. This Democratic tour should also include Florida and Michigan, McGovern writes, where regardless of the fate of delegates, “voters are entitled to see and to hear these two historic candidates.” The Dems can’t afford to waste “two of the most talented candidates for high office this country has ever produced” over a party rift like the one that ruined McGovern’s own chances in 1972. Read These Next New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. A man has been deported for kicking an airport customs beagle. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. Actor Sam Rockwell gets residuals from movie he wasn't in. Report an error