"The fundraiser said many are unhappy about the idea of having to make room for members of Clinton's finance team, who had "picked the wrong candidate."

"There are people who are thinking, 'Hey, my guy won. Now I have to share the trophy?' " the Obama fundraiser said.

"Have you read my book?"

Egotistical is the word that comes to mind. How self-centered can one be?

But you are wrong when you say, "I am glad that the Bush wing of the GOP . . . will be dead."  Because Obama is showing Bush-like tendencies in his arrogance, dictatorial tendencies, insensitivity, and divisiveness.

I am glad you have "a higher opinion of his wife," and if you want to consider yourself as a young ill-informed voter, that is your prerogative, but I never intimated anything to that effect.

If he had been running against another man, they would just be paying us lip service as usual and we would look at the one who seemed to be the most sincere on womens issues and check their voting record etc. He is running against a woman who is being treated pretty poorly and he's standing by because it's in his interest at the moment. Big mistake, imo.

So there are a couple of problems with that. One is that many members of the media are complete idiots. As in totally bat sh*t crazy. Look at KO suggesting someone Clinton. Chris Matthews with his tingling legs and getting weak at the knees at the sight and sound of Obama. And the rest of the baboons blathering on with their half witted, at best, opinions on things they know nothing about. Apologies to actual baboons at the comparison.

Another problem is that the member of the press, TV especially, are so far removed from normal americans, that they don't have a clue about what's going on. They readily make fun of blue collar americans as did Obama and don't see a problem. They make fun of OH, then PA, and then WV voters. I'm waiting for one of them on a cable channel while talking about kids going hungry in appalachia  to suggest that they eat cake.

And finally a big problem is that they're fickle. They can turn on a dime and decide to like someone else. Because in addition to not being the brightest bulbs in the pack, the networks they work for tend to be pretty simple minded businesses that care about ratings. So if tomorrow McCain is more interesting, they he's their favorite.

So what do we do. We seem to have no journalism left.  And it's not just TV journalism  A number of newspapers have the same garbage as the cable circuses. Even the Columbia Journalism Review seems to be heading down this road from a few articles I've noticed there. The fact that the topic of media darling is openly discussed and not discounted says it all really. It's not even up for debate. Well, unless your a pretend journalist debating it amongst other pretend journalists, then of course you can only conclude how great you are.

Perhaps you have spent too much time at Kos and Huff Post. At Talk Left, everyone is allowed to have their own opinion. The right to vote according to conscience is an American right. Last time I looked free speech was a right as well.  This is a site for discussion, not forced DOGMA, HARASSMENT, or the brownshirt brigade.

If you think this blog or any other one is responsible for Obama's crappy poll numbers or lack of support on one side of the Democratic Party than you need serious help.

If Obama can't EARN support or respect from Clinton supporters than that really is YOUR problem, not ours, BTD or Jeralyn.

They are actually on your side. Maybe you should try READING.

And speaking for myself, I don't OWE my vote to anyone. And neither does anyone else.

Glad that the senator's doing better.

Any local news coverage on it?

But it all turned out okay in the end when I drove through their showroom with my Yamaha 750, got off, called the guy all sorts of names in front of lots of people, and demanded my money.

Also, linking the netroots to unions is laughable.  When do THOSE two groups get together to talk?  I assume not at candidate rallies, since they support two different candidates.  I assume not at barbecues, since they are composed of largely different demographics.  I assume not at blogs, since I never hear their voices.

Is someone in the household a union member?
Clinton/Obama
Pennsylvania:
Yes (31%) 59% 41%
Ohio:
Yes (34%) 55% 43%  

I am extremely disappointed by the present behavior of many users of both TalkLeft and Dkos in what might be dubbed the Obama/Hillary competition.

Last February, I posted a diary on Kos in which I variously drew some analogies between Obama and Jimmy Carter and Obama and Werner Ehrard. I cannot be accused of being an Obamaton; I'm simply impervious to the man's charm.

I am equally unmoved by Hillary Clinton; I do not find her appealing or trustworthy -- she looks insincere even when she probably is sincere -- and her inability to admit being wrong on Iraq is a constant thorn.

Initially, my candidate was Edwards though, policy-wise, I'd be closer to Kucinich. I find both Hillary's and Obama's platform bland, mostly unrealistic, if not downright deceitful.  Here is what I wrote on DKos in March:

On energy, do we find anything in Obama's or Hillary's programs (I'm referring to what's written on their respective websites) that takes into account what our own Jerome à Paris or Kunstler say almost on a daily basis about peak oil and its likely consequences? No.

On health care, do their programs reflect or go towards what our own nyceve advocates? No.

On foreign policy, do their programs account for what Jerome à Paris and the good and smart folks at European Tribune write about? No.

On the economy, do their programs acknowledge what Professor Roubini or Bondad have diagnosed or are predicting -- the impending cost of bailing out the US financial system? No.

On FISA, does either Obama or Hillary have shown any leadership on the issue, à la , say, Dodd? No.

Now, I do understand that, in order to be elected in America, even by liberals, one must deliver the kind of delusional pablum that will not get you torn apart by the media.

In fact, Evans' defeat, Kucinich's relegation to "kookdom", and on the right side of the aisle, Ron Paul's inability to get traction, are ample proof that the truth is still an electoral poison pill.  

So while I sound somewhat peevish above, I don't really mind that Obama and Hillary are -- let's be blunt about it -- LYING to us in order to get elected.  

When our next Leader has to deal with $5 trillion in Iraq war costs, $3 trillion in bailout costs, with the US$ likely to lose its world currency reserve, "YES WE CAN!" and 3 a.m. phone calls are rosy fantasies best forgotten.

The bottom line is, I respect both Obama and Hillary, who are both very intelligent people, and quite capable, I'm sure, to be our next President, and I feel comfortable voting for either one of them, even though I don't particularly like either of them, and their present platforms are mostly delusional fantasies.

Not everybody loves Obama. Not everybody loves Hillary. BUT THAT'S OKAY! Because either will be a gazillion times better than Scrooge McCain.

PERSONALLY, I think his "punishment" should be that he has to write diaries but he can't comment.  We can say anything we want and he can't answer us ;-).

I'll miss his diaries for a day, even if sometimes I think he's living in a mirrored world from mine.

But don't worry about that.  Enjoy your Jeep.  It is a lot of fun and a solid vehicle.  I totally love it.  I get it on the road and it rides like butter- so smooth.