Americans who were hoping the Democratic fight for US presidential candidate would be resolved in Pennsylvania, were in for a disappointment on Wednesday for the "fat lady" did not sing and the contest is not over.
The campaign has progressively got worse over the weeks as each candidate, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, showed the other in a bad light, getting dimmer.
The only person who could possibly have gained from all the mud-slinging was Republican John McCain who doubtless will use much of the mud-slinging as ammunition when it comes to a straight fight for president.
So acrimonious have the attacks been between Clinton and Obama that at times it was difficult to realise that essentially they are on the same side. Their verbal and paid-for TV accusations can only serve to harm themselves as individual candidates and, worse, the Democrat Party itself.
At the start of the campaigning, such was the unpopularity of President George W. Bush and the Republican Party, that not only did Republican candidates not want his help in their campaigns, but it was thought the Democrats could run anyone on the presidential ticket and they would get in.
The sudden and surprise entry of Obama threw a spanner in the works for Clinton who was hoping for a shoo-in, pitting two strong candidates against each other knowing only one could win.
As the campaigning progressed, both Democrat candidates did some silly things and made ill-chosen remarks, only to try and retrieve the situation at a later date. Clinton, for example, aligned herself with McCain on some of his attacks on Obama - a very dangerous route to take.
Now, she says Iran will be obliterated if it attacks Israel. Of course her comment was mainly for the benefit of American Jewish voters, but it nonetheless is a reckless remark on what is already a sensitive region.
