I've been very surprised by Salon's approach to this entire primary process. Pound for pound, there's been more sleazy innuendo here -- and more meaningless horse-race coverage -- than in the Washington Post, which is quite something.

Hillary Clinton is just awful. She'd be a disastrous choice for the Democrats. In fact, if she's the nominee, I'll be praying for Bloomberg to enter the race so I'll have someone to vote for. I won't vote for Romney, but I would reluctantly support McCain over Hillary in a general election.

I can't stand listening to Clinton speak -- her condescension, her phoniness. I sincerely feel that she has contempt for folks like me -- that she thinks we'll fall for her wooden shtick, because we're dumb, and easily led.

I will never vote for a candidate whose "experience" has led her to declare another U.N. member state's armed forces to be a "terrorist organization" -- or a candidate who favors a constitutional amendment banning flag burning. Clinton's values are as bad as her political skills. I'll concede, however, that she's good at navigating the labyrinth of cronyism, patronage, and de facto bribery that leads to being the establishment choice, and the implicit favorite of Salon's political editors and staff.

Fortunately, word seems to be getting out; I predict that Obama, sparked by double-digit victories in Iowa and New Hampshire, will win the nomination by a broad margin -- and I'll still be a Democrat come November.

Will I be a Salon reader? Probably, as long as Salon is publishing writers like Glenn Greenwald and Sidney Blumenthal. Still, this sort of piece does make me feel a little queasy about having re-subscribed just last month.

Shame on you, Ms. Walsh, for thinking that sleeping with the president (or being the son of the president, or the brother of the president) can ever be a qualification for elected office. This is America, not the Phillippines; in this country, we don't consolidate power in two families for 28 years. Hillary has no business even being in this race; I pray that she finishes a distant third in Iowa and then quietly fades away -- and that I don't see any more idiotic Obama hit pieces in Salon.

That "coiffed" line is just too much.

When did Salon become the Politico? You guys -- but especially Walter Shapiro -- are shallower and sleazier than the worst of them.

PS: I saw Edwards at the Coralville Holiday Inn a few days ago and thought he was awesome. I'm caucusing for Obama, but Edwards (like Dodd) has earned my respect.

In my Iowa district:

Obama: 5

Edwards: 2

Clinton: 0

So, again: yay!

Alex, have you actually worked on any political campaigns? The room where the post-election parties are held are never empty a few minutes before the speech begins; they're typically crowded for hours beforehand.

Nor is it typical for people to be cajoled to attend these parties; volunteers typically come of their own volition. I've been to dozens of post-election parties, and never because I was cajoled. After the vote, the volunteers ask, "Where's the party?" By the time the candidate comes out, everyone is drunk.

I don't think Andrea Mitchell was off-base at all here; it IS weird, like so much of what Clinton has done here in Iowa. She seems robotic, manufactured, condescending and creepy, and people in my state hate all of those things. That's why Romney lost badly after buying the election ten times over.

I'll go even further: I wish reporters would more often prick holes in manufactured political "events," be it the Hillary Party That Never Was, or Mission Accomplished.

Finally: "Mainstream media glee?" Is that Salon's new script? The mainstream media and political establishment have it in for Hillary? Alex: the media has been DESPERATELY propping up this campaign for months; a little puff of air just blew it down.

Reality check, Salon staffers; Hillary's not going to win, and none of you are going to be her new press representatives. Pick a new horse -- or, better yet, just report the race objectively.

She's not in for a "tough, nasty, expensive campaign."

She's going to lose by devastating margins in New Hampshire and South Carolina, and be blown out of the race on Super Tuesday. Nothing "tough" about that.

If I were Obama, I wouldn't even focus on Clinton now; as he did last night, he needs to take aim at the Republicans he'll be facing in November.

Salon has lost so much credibility in the last few months with its poor coverage of the caucus season. Today's articles, which seem to ignore John Edwards completely, are of a piece with everything I've seen here in recent weeks.

Joan, speaking as a longtime Salon reader and someone who's enjoyed your columns and TV appearances: why are you doing this? Salon's young, engaged, professional, progressive readership doesn't want to read Clinton propoganda. And Clinton is going down in flames! You're selling out your readers for a doomed candidate! Those readers won't come back after the dust has settled.

PLEASE. No more "How Hillary Can Bounce back" articles. No "What Hillary Has Learned" pieces.

Hillary is going to be drummed out of this race in a matter of weeks. Come back to Planet Earth, Salon! Earth needs you!

"Propaganda," rather. My bad.