I am a Hillary supporter, but I will vote for the Democratic nominee in the Fall, whether or not it is Hillary. She has said more than once that it would make no sense for anyone to vote for McCain or not vote because their candidate did not get the nomination.

That being said, I would LOVE for Obama to strongly address the concerns of the working class. Fairly or not, this is not the part of his message that is being emphasized by the media - or on the blogs. All I hear about is the idea of change, and how he appeals to the more highly educated, "high information" voter as well as African Americans. His appeal is supposed to be broad and inclusive, transcending the usual categories.

I also hear a lot about how racist the lunch bucket crowd is. I read blogs everyday and I can see that if blogs were a Democratic primary, Obama would sure be the winner. Unfortunately many of those bloggers seem to have no respect for the "working class".

I just hate to see Hillary supporters characterized as racist, ill-informed, white trash. I don't care if Obama can bowl. I had no problem supporting Kerry and Gore. Hillary isn't exactly a prole.

I don't ascribe the prejudices of his supporters on the blogs to Obama. I think it's a good idea that he would do more town hall type appearances. There are plenty of working class people who are represented in their districts by politicians who are not from the working class.

He doesn't have to be anyone other than himself or change any of his proposals. He just needs to strongly reaffirm how his plans for American include all Americans.

Thanks to the hard work of my parents (who wished for their children better education and opportunies) and to Pell grants and low-interest student loans I was able to go to college.

I think Hillary often says, "I will fight for you." Working class Americans understand having to fight to get ahead. Michelle and Obama certainly do - so I say emphasize that!

""Hillary supporters have called Michelle Obama a 'ball breaking black bitch', but Obama supporters have said that Hillary should drop out and drop out sounds like faint and faint has sexist implications, so why are Obama supporters so sexist and why don't I delete more of their posts?"

I wonder when the Michelle Obama "nutcrackers" will be at an MSNBC airport store near you.

I realize that some Obama supporters do not pick up on the misogyny that was interwoven with the legitimate opposition to Clinton. It doesn't fit with the message of his campaign and so is easier to overlook, or to give the benefit of the doubt at least.

It is necessary to remember that about half of primary voters voted for Clinton. Not all of them identified the misogyny either, although most recognized the caricatures of her from the old right wing narrative of the 90's. It was just a bit jarring to hear this stuff coming from "progressives."

I have heard Clinton say on at least three occasions that she will strongly support Obama if he wins the nomination, and that it would be a mistake for people not to vote or to vote for McCain.

Many Obama supporters have a viceral dislike of Clinton but they can't afford to transfer it on to those who voted for her.

That's about half of the Democratic primary voters - and Obama will need their votes.

What is worse than Hillary touting her victory in Puerto Rico - which has ZERO electoral votes. She insists on the relevance of her victories in KY, WVA, etc. And Massachusetts! My goodness of what value is a 15% victory in such a reliably RED state? So what if she was endorsed by those Democratic lightweights Kennedy and Kerry? The vote just represents those racist uninformed hicks, or something.

For all those commenters who insist that there is no evidence that Obama supporters denied the sexism, and that Joan was using it as an excuse for Clinton not doing well...no matter WHAT she said to the contrary.

Take a look back at those archives, and read comments in response to the entry with the video showing examples of sexism.

It really appears that a certain group of people just can NOT acknowledge the sexism in the campaign for fear that doing so would amount to saying it CAUSED Clinton's defeat.

There certainly were Obama supporters who were able to recognize and decry the sexism.

Too many others could not see it as other than "whining" and excuse-making on the part of Clinton supporters. I don't know, perhaps the mistaken assumption was that acknowledging sexism directed at Clinton was the same as blaming Obama for it.

That would explain the defensive tone.