Sheesh. Read much? This is why I hold no hope for humankind - seriously. Even when it's laid out in black,white, clear and clean, people see what they want to see. Or, what their DNA tells them to see. And hear, as it turns out.

After having spent what felt like a million years in grad school at the psych factory, I am actually aware of these responses to the medium rather than the message. And how the medium shapes the message.

Knowing this, I always do what I can to control for these things as I listen to a candidate, or anyone who's trying to convey content. It's hard to do. But, even then, what I get from Hillary is desperation and shiftiness. With a little hubris on the side. Her wagons are circled and it's an impermeable membrane - and I mean that in as a blocked 2-way street. What I get from Obama is a real zen-like confidence, which, to me, signals an ability to keep a cool head in a crisis, an ability to accept, consider and hold in his head while acting all stakeholders' views, and an ability to change or adapt as new information appears on the scene. And that's the kind of skill set I think is crucial for the next phase in the American experiment; something I simply don't see Hillary being able to do .

We all know that Hillary can turn nasty and is too prone to circle her wagons and push others out - from denying her "Village" ghostwriter any credit to her disastrous handling of health care "reform." She's a fighter because that's all she knows how to do. And, as I've said before, if the only tool you have is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail. Hillary will have to fight, because A. it's all she knows how to do and B. not just Republicans but her own party will likely not be inclined to work with her AT ALL because of this.

I'm no Obamabot. I was originally for Edwards. But I think putting the Clintons back in the White House would be unmitigated disaster. Time to enter the 21st Century, folks. Baritone or no.

Every time the Clintons stoop to this crap, I give another $25 matching donation to Obama.

Every time the Clintons stoop to this crap, I give another $25 matching donation to Obama.

I'm just an old white mom but I see a bunch of young people who, probably for the very first time, are starting to think that they're actually the 'people' that's meant in "We The People". And I find that so energizing and hope-inspiring.

Yeah, they might be doing it a little creakily, but those muscles haven't been flexed lately, if ever, and they're doing the best they can. Which, to my eyes, is marvelous.

OH-BAH-MAH.

YES WE CAN.

love & kisses,

NOT an Obababot; just someone who is eager for the 21st century to begin.

You're the one who immediately went ad hominem with that AZ guy: You called him a troll, an idiot, illogical and unfair, a racist, and challenged his ownership of testicles, when his post wasn't even close to being out of line, and was pretty spot on itself.

Physician, heal thyself, in other words. You're your own echo chamber, looks like.

So, like, when did she have the time and presence of mind to write this piece, anyway?

She needs to A. find some support (family, friends, hire a doula, whatever) and B. start delegating to them. Then she needs to be evaluated for postpartum depression.

Pain and suffering are unavoidable. Misery is optional.

The Clintons will go all slash&burn on the party's asses.

Clinton is the new Nader. *hurl*

Could you please not call all Democrats 'liberals"???????????

I don't accept that label. I hardly think the Democratic party is "liberal"; if you understood what a real liberal is, you wouldn't call them that, either.

The word "liberal" has been co-opted by the Republican party to mean "socialist" - and worse. By your ignorant use of the term it shows how even you - a Salon 'columnist' - have fallen for the lie. It shows how even you can ignore the truth that the public recognition of the entire political spectrum is pretty much owned by the Republican party.

Why on earth would you fall for that??

Please don't demonstrate your ignorance and willingness to drink the Kool-Aid, Alex.

We deserve much better than this. Don't EVEN pretend that "it's just one little word!!!!!!" YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER.

At a time when it seems to reasonable people who respect the lexicon that this country seems ever willing to embrace all the attempts to pervert and co-opt that lexicon, couldn't we be forgiven for our desperate wish NOT to be flogged with that while reading what used to be a very thoughtful and thought-provoking online mag???????

I'm really sick & tired of this downward spiral here, if you can't tell already.

(And NO: it's not JUST A WORD. It's an indication of your imprecise and sloppy thinking!)

When I clicked on one of the headlines, the site I accessed set off the bells and whistles on my anti-spyware program.

Guess I won't be voting this the best "story" on Yahoo!. Nothing like an editor making "popularity" her goal for her "journalists."

Yeesh.