quick- who am I being mean about????

Obama or Clinton????

I thought I was only being mean about a very specific way of analyizing the primary....

Thanks for the joke, nonetheless!

I never get to be the first person to respond to you and it's stupid and not fair. I've been a susbscriber to Salon for over 6 years, but I'm thinking about just giving it up; you always blog but I NEVER am first.

Go ahead and keep talking about the primary without me being the first to respond....jeeez....

Hillary has set a precedent of never publicly congratulating Barack, so we can't really read into it if she ignores him again tonight...

I think she'll have some great things to say this evening...

I thought it was gracious and very skillful to give her credit for Indiana, especially because it was trending towards a tighter and tighter conclusion. I haven't heard his speech yet but it sounds like it might be another trance inducer. But seriously, I have a feeling as he gets closer to winning the primary less democrats will be inclined to label him the "talented" guy who gives good speeches. Hopefully, it will become increasingly obvious that he's proven himself- in many ways- to be a great candidate.

It's hard to imagine that most of the divisive ideas won't melt away on both sides of the fence.

I think we might get a speech from Clinton that will really begin paving the way for the unity she will demand after she steps out. We shall see...Has she said anything yet...I'm not in a situation that I can check for a couple hours...

I'm seriuos:

you know that I have said why I strongly disagree with much of the way Joan has covered this primary, but I still can't get behind the idea that she has attacked Obama. I understand how one can consider her style an "attack" if one (don't ask me why I just turned into Spock here)is convinced she is dying to get Clinton the victory, but I just see no evidence of it.

I think when the smoke has cleared and we get bored reading Joan's continual postive bloggs about Obama, we could go through her blogs on the primary with a fine tooth come and see that, yes, she did indeed hold up Obama weaknesses against Clinton Streagths, but no, she did not say much about Obama that was all too critical and that, yes, she did have plenty of concerns about Clinton.

I'm not saying we will prove that she was perfectly objective or anything like that. But now that everybody wants to jump on Joan for simply complimenting Barack tonight, I want to say that i don't think tonight's blog is out of step with anything she has said this primary.

None of what i have just said should be taken to mean that I am not still furious that I am never the first to respond to her columns. I'm writing an angry email to Joan's bosses as we speak. Who are they, by the way?

If Obama was secretly rubbing his palms together with an evil grin before he congradulated Clinton on her Indiana victory, I think we should consider that a strike against him because that points to a lower morality than Clinton.

I agree with that, big time.

Because of all those nice compliments you threw my way I will agree with everything and anything you say!!!!!

But; yea, we don't see eye to eye on Joan. My only answer to why her blogs contained the content they did is the one I keep giving; she has specific ideas about what it means to be the front runner. She believes a long primary helps the party. She thinks it helps Barack to take lots of hits now. But, hey, I've always said that I also have no evidence that she isn't supporting Hillary. I just look at the nature of her enthusiastic comments for both..and it appears that her comments about Barack have more substance...just a hunch....But back to your compliments about me....

I think most of us (including Joan) are looking forward to stepping out of this primary.

For most of his supporters they just go into a trance the moment there is any visual or auditory contact with him. He does use special techniques to gather more minions and after i have a chance to youtube his speech tonight I'll be happy to get back to you and share his approach.

That's when Clinton will give her concession speech, unless she starts getting loads of media scrutinty regarding her motivation for staying in and/or the effect she is having on Barack. I doubt the media will get into that with much gusto, so I think we wait until June 6th...

Let's keep talking in the OTHER thread!!!!

DeniseInTopeka, where are you getting your data? I keep seeing 4 points, but I'm hoping they can join hands at 2...

Yea, i see the number reflected all over the place....gee, I'd love to see it click up just one more little % for Obama...

How else can I explain how she is always able to make me feel like Barack is just being shoveled money by billionaires while she is having to earn hers from the masses of working-class democrats. It's amazing! She is able to make me forget how this primary started! Obama is not the only one who can entrance us with magic words and dreamy notions....

I actually right now believe that Clinton is up against a corporate Obama machine and that- from the beginning- the odds have been against her. If she can use that sort of power on Iran....

Hey, you didn't have to take my request- in the latest blog- so seriously, Joan! But it kind of makes up for me never being your first responder. I might keep my subscription...