Obama's allies are hoping the focus will stay off of Wright this Easter Sunday when the Democratic frontrunner skips services at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago and heads on vacation.

Not sure if any one of you watched this yesterday on Fox.. but it being repeated now..

Jehmu Greene who is an African American was telling Bill O'Reilly, telling enough is enough..  

But it is not happening only on Kos it is all over internet in other blog sites..  its what I would say Liberal Elitist at its worst.. I have been personally targeted and called a xxx.... just like other Hillary's supporter are being targeted in a vicious manner, It is bad that Obama's campaign whose motto is hope.. behind the scene his supporters are behaving in the most hateful manner They are forgetting that they do need us if he becomes a nominee

I saw that in Oregon, 50% of all residential breaking and entry cases are tied to meth. I understand that its use is not restricted to gay men, apparently truck drivers have a fondness. Think of that the next time a big rig passes you screaming its wheels.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iWSIm6rMH4mnWBT-fKZg_58OrA8QD8VI5C680

What ever did Bill say?

'"I think it would be a great thing if we had an election year where you had two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interest of this country," Clinton said. "And people could actually ask themselves who is right on these issues, instead of all this other stuff that always seems to intrude itself on our politics."'

"You know, that's typical of some of his advisers that kind of turned me off..

So what was his point?? He did not endorsed Clinton because he disliked her advisers.. what do we say to people who dislike Obama's spiritual adviser.

Today he says I think my endorsement will matter... but all along he has been saying .. it would not matter!!!

He wants the voters to decide .. but wants this election race to end!!

1.  I see Bill Clinton is getting roasted for saying in North Carolina that if Hillary and John McCain are running against each other that will be a fine matchup of Americans who love their country.  Obama people say he's implying that Obama doesn't.  I think they are being dumb--Bill isn't like that (I don't think).  Obama talks frequently like he and McCain are the only two kids on the block.  I think that is the frame of reference.  But that is my take.

2.  One the grown-up news (PBS) Margaret Warner has been in Kenya all week.  Today she reported that she was in Obama's home village.  Yes, they follow Obama and a bunch of the people are big, big fans.  BUT she did say that a lot of women (of a certain age, like over 40) say that they are very pro-Hillary, and very proud of HER, and supportive.  That is way interesting--though, IMO, not really too surprising.

Have been sitting here staring at the same chapter on character arcs for the past few hours.

He was nine years older than Abigail Smith. He came from a reputable family, she came from Puritan and English royalty, the Quincys of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Of their courtship, not much is known. John failed to pen in his dairy a word the year of their courtship. Of their marriage, their letters tell a romance any human being would be lucky to share. It is hard to imagine one without the other. Abigail soothed the tempestuous temperament of John and in she he found solace. A love that holds no bounds, an understanding of the plight of the other and their own collective duty and individual responsibility. She was simply his "Miss Adorable" and he her "My Dearest Friend."  This is from a letter from Abigail to John dated October 16th 1774:

I dare not express to you at 300 hundred miles distance how ardently I long for your return. I have some very miserly Wishes; and cannot consent to your spending one hour in Town till at least I have had you 12.

One wonders why she would want her husband a full half-day before allowing him out of the house. The romps they must have had. The banter back and forth. So much for the theory of Puritans being uptight. John is 40 at this point and Abigail 31 and they had been married 11 years. Their letters are simply electric. Bombastic John is a but a kitten in the hands of Abigail. I have been known to cry reading them and steal from them liberally. Beyond the romance, there is hard politics, the harsh realities of war and human life in the late 18th century. There is advice and encouragement flowing both ways and an equality in a partnership. Abigail's feminist qualities shone brightest in her famous "remember the ladies" letter dated March 31st, 1776:

I long to hear that you have declared an independency -- and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make. I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.

That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute, but such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend. Why then, not put it out of the power of the vicious and the Lawless to use us with cruelty and indignity with impunity. Men of Sense in all Ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your Sex. Regard us then as Beings placed by providence under your protection and in immitation of the Supreme Being make use of that power only for our happiness.

He was more prolific than she but he was often lonely and bored in Philadelphia and more so later when abroad while she raised children, ran the farm and made the business decisions during his long absences. She was no less eloquent. And as First Lady, she set the model for an activist role in politics earning her the title of "Mrs. President."

What kind of "change we can believe in" would that mean?