We look forward to celebrating the achievements of women by seeing the most successful female Presidential candidate in American history - Hillary Clinton - arrive in Denver as a leading contender for the Democratic nomination on Women's Equality Day in 2008.  That will be a historic day.

Despite his dropping out before super Tuesday, Edwards attracted over 10% of the vote in Oklahoma.  And in the categories where Edwards did best, Clinton cleaned up three months later in West Virginia.

And although I didn't write about it, the whole "racism of the white working class" is a myth. In the categories most closely associated with working class voters (high school graduate, no college degree, and income below the state median) there was little change in Obama's support... Clinton gained support in those categories by appealling to edwards voters.

The categories where Obama LOST support were the "creative class' demographics -- college and/or postgraduate study, and income above the state median -- Clinton picked up that support from Obama, plus some of the edwards support in those categories.

so, if 'racism' was a factor in WV, it was the racist "creative class'.

Anyway, here is a link to the diary

When you're done laughing or crying at that, the next story (I think) is how Obama can win Mississippi!  Never mind that a war veteran like Kerry lost the state by 20 points (the author did mention that to his/her credit) in a relatively close election, Barack will maximize the AA vote!  I guess the Whites in Ms. won't be voting that day or something.  I do believe in the 50 state strategy, but you have to use your freaking head as well, and I can promise you that if we spent a 100,000,000 in Mississippi and had both our Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates campaign exclusively there from Labor Day to Election Day, we'd still lose Mississippi by 10 points.

Most of the "Netroots" guys and gals who have won in Red districts have been decidedly more moderate to conservative, people like Tester and Webb and the guy who just won in Ms. by running away from the Obama campaign.  (He put out an ad specifically rejecting Obama's support, he won in spite of Obama, not due to him.)  We can target specific districts and specific vulnerable incumbents with carefully chosen candidates, but it will be a long, long time before we can turn a state like Mississippi from Red to Blue, and a polarizing candidate like Sen. Obama will not convert that state overnight.  He'll be busy trying to shore up the states we should win, like Ma. and Mi.

Hilary can win both Arkansas and Fla., while Barack's only hope in the South is Virginia, which is a forlorn hope IMHO.  I hope that I'm wrong, but we are in for a good old fashioned drubbing.

Just my two little Lincolns.

The Illinois senator praised Clinton, but spoke of her in the past tense in another sign that he has shifted focus past the primary season.

"She has been a formidable candidate. She has been smart and tough and determined and she has worked as hard as she can," Obama told the crowd, speaking about the former first lady. "She has run an extraordinary campaign."

And on to the the self- crowning . . .

Obama planned to be in Iowa on Tuesday to celebrate in the state where he scored his first victory in January.

"We thought it was a terrific way to kind of bring things full circle. We still have some contests left, but if Kentucky and Oregon go as we hope, then we think we will have a majority of pledged delegates at that point, and that's a pretty significant mark," he told reporters.

"Hillary Clinton is the Popabowa that plague(s) the United States of America. What is the popabowa one may ask? A popabowa is a one-eyed, demonic, massive, foul smelling bat that flies into open windows late at night, and slaughters citizens that reside in Zanzibar....the popabowa, like many other myths, does not exist.

"The Opposition political party of Zanzibar created this legend to sway the inhabitants of the island to vote for their candidate, because if they do not, the popabowa may seize them. Most people probably find the gullibility of the Zanzibar people astonishing.

"Nonetheless, the American government is not much different. Their establishment is endeavoring to get the people to vote for Barrack Obama....   Both Hillary Clinton and the popabowa are used to scare the people into voting for who the establishment wants.