That was a lovely speech, and a graceful end to a fantastic run. As messy as this primary has been, it's been pretty revolutionary. The dems have been a bit lackluster as a party in recent years, how great is it that we were given two candidates that could both be the fire this party needs? For the first time in years I felt like I wasn't selecting between the lesser of two evils but between the best of the cream of the crop.

Good race, Senator Clinton.

I think MFbeta is sweet on her....

See, now MF IS a real live troll. That moniker gets tossed around incorrectly a lot on these introwebs, but with MF we have a textbook example. Sit DOWN, MF. Take a breath and calm down before your rage-on puts out an eye.

I don't post a lot, but I read the letters all the time. I don't always agree with AKA, but I certainly respect her as a poster. That's how civilized people roll.

Just seeing "Salon" mentioned on the from page of Malkin's site today (with her usual warm fuzzy nature shining through) was enough to earn my subscription renewal to Salon for a good long time.

I read her site every few days and scan the comments to renew my liberalism, also for a good chuckle. Good on you for calling her out AND getting under her skin. If enough folks call BS on the endless s***storm of shmear coming from that segment of our entertainment world, maybe the folks who are still buying it will notice they're being buffaloed.

Um, speaking of, Weeping, you were kidding about Michelle Obama, weren't you? Did I miss something....?

Phew, okay, I figured it was something like that. It's late, I'm dense, yada. : ) Although I would not be altogether surprised to get that exact sentiment in an email from my local GOP in the next few weeks. Right in between the "Obama Eats Kittens in Muslim Sauce!" and "Hillary Still P***es Laser Beams! Remains Threat to America!" emails.

I used to like Malkin more than the rest of the talk radio/blog in a vacuum/right wing opinion portals, which still isn't saying much. I admired her for being pretty tenacious in a fairly male dominated field. Now, like the rest of them, I doubt even she believes half the words that fall out of her mouth/keyboard.

I spent a lot of it in May, but both Spouse and I work two jobs. Four incomes, no kids, we have breathing room many other families don't have. In May we spent a chunk of cash updating the home we bought 10 years ago when it became abundantly clear we had no chance in hell of selling it for a fair price. Might as well make the best of it since we're not going anywhere. : )

The sky has been falling since I had my first job in the early nineties, at least according to everything I've read. As a result, Spouse and I made tough decisions to live well beneath our means. Our generation has heard since we were born that there would be no social security by the time we were ready to retire, so we planned to fully fund our own Golden Years. We don't carry debt (except the mortgage), we don't spend frivolously and we save at least 25% of what we bring home every month. Again, no kids, so it's a lot easier for us to do this than a lot of other families.

The stimulus check had nothing to do with our spending last month, however. When that check comes it's going in the Roth.

I just relived my youth and scared the cats by singing along. Good times.

Heya, Pribb, I'm a teacher in an inner city public school, we did in fact have a bake sale to buy math texts last year. Not to discount your concerns about arts education - absolutely a noble, neglected and needed part of our public education - but things are tough all over.

Herself-

Some of us are pretty excited about Obama, too. And I'm willing to bet Mr. Leonard's daughter isn't waiting on the sidelines for the world to become what she wants it to be before she rolls up her sleeves and jumps in the action.

We were so lucky to have TWO phenomenal, ground-breaking candidates running for our team this year. No matter our race or gender, this is an exciting and wonderful time to be around, and one our kids and grandkids will talking about for generations to come - hopefully while fondly remembering all the positive things that happened in our our country as a result of this particular series of events.

The best part? No matter how this primary ended, we would have chosen a candidate unlike any other that came before. We've come a long way, baby, and that's a mighty good thing.