Terry McAuliffe stated today on George's show that once Obama gets the required amount of delegates, which he should next week, Hillary will concede.

so, I wouldn't worry about it.  Hillary will concede and hopefully, all of her strengths, her willingness to hit the republicans, to back Obama, will be praised high and low, instead of being smeared.

Unity will happen but people seem to forget that as Humans we need to vent sometimes.

its not even worth bothering with unity talk for at least a week after Hillary official drops, as was shown today, when something negative happens her 'supporters' are going to lash out. best to let them do so separate the reasonable ones from trolls then we work on unity.

no point trying to unify now as some crazies send out wild conspiracy theories, let em vent first

Our nominee will annihilate John McCain.

"Hillary's chances in 2012."<---This is ridiculous. I'm a Clinton supporter but I must say that Clinton is no spring chicken; why would she run in 2012? Not only that, the Democratic party NEVER goes for a candidate that lost a presidential election. 2012-Pure nonsense... STOP IT.  

for Hillary in November.

Yesterday's proceeding amplified the DNC's desire to restructure/realign the demographics of the party. Unity has never been the issue. Of course for perception purposes, Brazille and the gang will demand that the Clintons urge her supporters to support Obama's candidacy. The fashion in which the party elite purged the Clintons yesterday was purposeful and swift.

The picture of Wexler pounding the table and screaming and demanding unity is not all that encouraging.

You can never demand unity, and the Democratic party elite, along with Obama, will soon learn this lesson. Notwithstanding how hard they try to flog the Clinton's into becoming Obama's unity surrogates.

I really don't think your experiences are terribly relevant.

Most voters simply don't follow state politics as closely as they follow Presidential politics, and the amount of attention paid to this particular primary is really unprecedented in recent times. Moreover, the period of time over which the primary has held the attention of voters is pretty much unprecedented, stretching back well over a year from before the date of the convention. The amount of pure hostility toward the opposing side is likewise unique in its breadth, depth, and duration in recent times. How does one get comfortable in a few short months with a side that was, in your eyes, treating you with the utmost disrespect for perhaps the better part of a year?

Consider the point of view of many Hillary supporters. Many of us have been called racists again and again by many Obama supporters. The campaign, Obama himself, and his fawning media supporters, have done a very great deal to foster the impression that, yes, it is in good part racism that fuels the Hillary side in this election.

Well, how do you work alongside people who just a few months back called you a racist, or traded on, and effectively encouraged, such accusations by others? I don't see why one is obliged in any way to do that. There truly are some insults that should be off limits, and trumping up charges of racism when they are not based on rock solid foundation is one among them. One is not obliged to make peace with an abuser simply because there's some larger purpose that supposedly requires you to put up with the abuse no matter what. That is how abusers always work: you can't walk out on me -- think of the children!

And this does not even address the equal or greater anger many women rightly have over the sexism that the Obama campaign has engaged in, or traded on, in this campaign.

I simply don't see how this gets patched up anytime soon -- certainly for many Hillary supporters, November is hardly going to be sufficient time.

said - today - that Clinton will be the nominee so that doesn't sound like a graceful exit is coming.

BTW, John McCain voted to filibuster the minimum wage. John McCain doesn't support the troops. John McCain agrees with Bush's Iraq strategy. John McCain wants to overturn Roe v. Wade. John McCain supports NAFTA. John McCain is a puppet for the lobbyists. John McCain is fine letting our troops rot in Iraq for 100 years.

"At this point, unity is the only thing that can save Obama for the 2008 election.  If Obama loses, unity is the only thing that can save Hillary's chances in 2012."

My thoughts exactly! More importantly, I firmly believe this is Hillary's thoughts as well.

obama wins the nomination - unity can ONLY happen if hillary is the VP.

IF

hillary wins the nomination - unity can ONLY happen if obama is the VP.

OTHERWISE

there will be NO Unity.