Actually I have to admit that Axelrod got the better of him.  Garin seems like a nice guy but he has not mastered his subject matter yet.  He needs to brush up on talking points before they let him do that again - he should have ripped Axelrod on several big, wide openings but he fumbled for words at times.

Both have good resumes of experience. Hers is just longer, more varied, has affected more people, and has led her to work on more issues.

Illinois legislation works part time, about (I think) 55 days in a year.   So, please multiply Obama's year of legislative experience  in Illinois Senate by 1/3 to 1/2 and you get a more realistic number.

Actually, I call what she has been doing for the last 35 years as experience.

Hillary is by no means 'polluting' his candidacy -- and this is pretty condescending. If he can't take attacks from a fellow Democrat, this speaks volumes of what the Republicans will be able to do to him in the fall. You calling her Rovian is insulting and false.

What bin Laden video is that? Oh, you mean the one that makes a pretty bland point as to who is ready and experienced to lead the country? The one that flashes images of major events of the last sixty years and upcoming crises? Don't freak out about a half-second flash of a terrorist leader. I feel perfectly comfortable supporting her and I thought it played to her strengths.

Democrats lost the majority in 1994 due to a number of reasons -- primarily because Republicans were better organized, had a very effective leader in Gingrich, and had a coherent, anti-government message. And I love how you fault Hillary for losing the Democratic majority yet fail to acknowledge all the times she's gone around the country supporting Democrats, campaigning tirelessly for them, and helping out the Democrats in general. All the while Obama was a community organizer.

So, yeah, she has every right to run on her 35 years of experience. Obama can run on his experience as well. It just pales in comparison.

The FEC.

Thanks for your response.  I absolutely agree that the supers should take arguments like that into consideration and I also think they should think very, very hard before going with a candidate who has fewer pledged delegates.  Of course, they are free to use whatever logic they'd like.

I guess my frustration lies with the paradox that there is no way for either candidate to win by pledged delegates alone which ultimately means that we've taken the voters out of the picture.

I wish we could all chillax, stop talking about snipers and weathermen and which side has bigger whiners, and get back to the issues.  It's starting to feel like Ypres, circa May 1915, in Demland.  Hmmm, that sounds a bit like whining to me.

By definition, a swing state is one that is competitive. Demographics change, so the status of "swing state" is not permanent, or static.

The post you are replying to was referring to polls comparing the Democratic candidates to McCain. Many of these polls have shown Obama closing the gap in states formerly thought to be solidly Republican, such as North Carolina (http://www.pollster.com/08-NC-Pres-GE-Mv O.php). Clinton, meanwhile, has not shown this sort of momentum.

They just went off air 40 mins ago...

I agree you're keeping the race going all on your own.

I'm not sure it's right that this spending isn't going to help them in the general, since it's hurting our likely nominee.

I am quite certain - and notice you did not say anything on this point - that a fight over the nomination into August dramatically improves the Republicans' chances of winning in November.

It's pretty clear that doesn't matter to Hillary.  She wants the nom, and pretty much isn't thinking about anything else.  She doesn't even seem to care that she's campaigning in a way that is hurting her chances should she miraculously win the nom.  She'll worry about that after it's over.

I'll vote for her if she somehow wins; there's not enough daylight between her and Obama on the issues to do otherwise.  But let this fight go on for four more months and let's see how high her and Barack's negatives get, and how the independents and undecideds feel about our candidate.

At a certain point, if the other guy isn't completely unacceptable on the issues, you concede.

You have to be willfully ignorant to refute the fact of Hillary's recent campaign using hardcore GOP tactics and a total run to the right to buoy herself.

Shes actually going around talking about bombing Iran.  Isn't that McCain's shtick?

So you think a 10 point Clinton win followed by a less than 20 point Obama win in a state where Obama is currently up by 9 will cause a reverse in the steady slide of super delegates lining up behind Obama? That seems unlikely to me.

If Clinton won NC, I could see that happening, or if she managed a 10 point plus win in Indiana on the same night, I could see that swaying some super delegates, but I can't see any result that erases most of Clinton's gain from PA on May 6th that would cause super delegates to suddenly decide that Obama  is unelectable or has bad coattails.

The sooner she tires herself out the sooner we can put this primary to bed and focus on McCain.

I second that.  I have a new term for this kind of person: TOAD.  

you are not a troll, but you are an asshole

Again, Venn Diagrams are useful here.

There are trolls and there are assholes.

However there is significant overlap between them.  It would appear from the limited evidence that we have available to us, that the person in question exists in the overlap.

Actually, I don't think you really want to encourage anyone to make $0.02 donations to her campaign... she will probably end up eating more than that in merchant processesing fees.  Even with the sort of large volume discounts a major campaign gets, the fee is probably more than 2 cents per tran.

Congrats to HRC and her supporters on tonight's win.  Even as an Obama supporter, I can certainly respect and appreciate how hard her campaign worked for it.  I hope we can all maintain this same level of passion and determination after we choose a nominee and head into november.  We need a unified and energized party to turn this country around.

Peace.