Granted this is Joke Line and anything he says must be doused with heavy amounts of salt but this clearly is the thinking of some.

Since the bar they are trying to project is Hillary by 20% (I think Kos pegged 19% today), it's not likely that even a double digit victory under that figure is going to change their demands to shut this down.

Then you had Howard Dean inserting foot in mouth doing his own brand of concern trolling stating that 'super' delegates needed to make their picks known NOW.

They tried to shut it down a few weeks ago and came off looking crass and foolish. I'm quite sure that they figure it's worth the backlash and angst that they would take for shutting it down because they would get 2-3 extra months for everyone to come to their senses.

The problem with all of this thinking is that this entire campaign has been fraught with continual miscalculations by everyone all the time and this is clearly no different.

Anglachel and Riverdaughter clearly are voices of great insight and I need to check them out more frequently than I have been.

The problem doesn't go away simply because the contest is so close and there's so little hope of either candidate getting a clear victory.

But the little tent theory itself is entirely spot on...Jerome gets it. Obviously BTD has recognized the problem with many of these progressive bloggers that are inciting their readers to the point where it will be impossible to put the Dems back together again.

That being said, having a PhD behind your name doesn't make you a latte drinking elitest. (I prefer Starbucks Americanos w/ 2 extra shots and w/o the water.)

It's what you do with it and how you use it that determines how elitest you are. But that speaks more to who you are in the first place than the PhD itself.

Also, according to them, it is a four or five point race so I guess Hillary should just hang it up. I swear, we are more informed than them. Talk about lowering expectations.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/magazine/01axelrod.t.html?ei=5124&e n=c8e20f4144cbf908&ex=1332993600&partner=newsvine&exprod=newsvine&pagewanted=all< br />
The Hull connection is mentioned in this passage:

Should O get the nod that sort of reminder cannot be tolerated.

Instead we must embrace to nominee by espousing his long standing closest friends:

Wright and Farrakhan should lead the prayers.

Jay Z will perform his inspiring lyrical wonders of disunity.

Rezko with his electronic monitors and Blago will introduce the candidate they brought us.

William Ayers will summon us all to rally around or else he will blow up Denver.

Jackson and Sharpton will stand proudly for the Tawana Brawley they pulled on Hillary.

And Kerry, Kennedy, Dean and Pelosi will be crowned with their Katherine Harris awards.

The key note address by Oprah quoting from Hamas, just for some real democratic change.

And because they lack proportion, they believe that Dean was abandonned by half the party in '04 and then they were expected to support Kerry without any cajoling.

Just to be fair, I think they have a case there to some degree.  The consultant class that they've been trying to replace really didn't do much or craft much of a message to bring Dean's supporters back into the fold after their candidate was eviscerated by the media.

But they're exposed now to be no different than the people they despise.

Anyway, their perception is that they can behave in any way they want to.  That they can say whatever they want, and if Clinton supporters don't fall in line behind them (if and when Obama wins the primary), then that will be the fault of Clinton supporters and not them.

That's their mindset.

This guy is good, but so are alot of good speakers.. I just am so amazed by the glazed over eyes he garners in his speeches.