Starting in the 70s as one of the architects of neoconservative thought, in 2007 Fukuyama wrote "America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy," the best primer on neoconservatism and why it went so hellishly wrong. In his own way, Fukuyama is as appalled by Bush, Cheney & Co. as Phillips was by Nixon and Reagan. Definitely not a ringing endorsement, but not very surprising either, and it shows he does have a conscience, unlike his ex-friends.

Not much of a compromise for Obama either, since he already has Ziggy Brzezinski, the Kissinger of the left, on his side.

And, according to CNN, Castro has pulled his endorsement. Like anybody cares.

and that's a shame. "On the fortieth anniversary of the '68 New York riots" what's most important is the botched premiere of "Sex and the City"?

I wish you were kidding. But since SITC defines the Joan Walsh Salon better than any other image, what else could be expected?

Time for a new political/lifestyle website that deals with reality. I know I'm looking.

He never paid attention either.

Parson Jim and Tuesdaycramer between them have penned a far more insightful review than anything Traister, Salon's inhouse Pagliadickerson, will ever be capable of.

And that's leaving grammar aside.

Obama was about the fourth best candidate in the early primaries, after Dodd, Edwards, Richardson and Biden.

Which makes him fifth. But whaddya gonna do?

He's the choice of Democratic primary and caucus goers, and still miles ahead of the alternatives.

His ability to mobilize a voting bloc that has proved resistant to the polls for decades counts for more than enough.

He's intelligent, and it's to be hoped that, like the best presidents, he'll grow in office.

So whaddya want?

The only alternatives are failures of the past. Since Clinton performed the seemingly impossible feat of losing Congress two years into his first term and getting indicted in his second term, what were his accomplishments again, apart from providing suppport to Bush?

What are you, parodying the Salon parody site?

Taylor Marsh does a fair job of encapsulating everything about the feminism of the last thirty years that's been shrill, wrongheaded and destructive. Quote of the day, from mbtogut1: "Hillary (and Marsh, for that matter) is starting to remind me of my husband's ex-wife."

Why not give them the delegates, Koppelman asks, because it doesn't matter anyway. If it doesn't matter, why are we still going through this? Why isn't it over?

We started with six good candidates. Everyone else has lined up behind the winner. What makes the Clinton people different? How are they deserving of special treatment? They seem to be acting out the famous Elizabeth Cady Stanton quote, repeated in the Washington Post just this morning, "Damn me if Sambo goes first."

Do they think this will win them respect, let alone the nomination?

"Dear Hillary,

Do not stop until all is ashes and blood.

Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds.

Stay strong. Love, Stephen."

Colbert must have read Walsh's column right before going on the air.

but skyscrapers were conceived of to maximize usable space in a relatively small area, such as a lot in the middle of a city. What would be more practical than a phallic shape? Why would you want to, and how could you, spread out? To be successful, you'd need the plains, the prairie, the wide open spaces, you know, a Bartlesville, Oklahoma http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Price_Tower.html

But that's an entry for the other contest.

It would have made that sad, sick column so unnecessary.

Here in the Heartland (central Iowa, and it doesn't get more deadcenter America than that) a woman just beat out three men (by a margin of two-to-one over the next contender) to win the Democratic nomination for our Congressional District. She did it by being qualified, speaking well and speaking badly of no one except her Republican opponent. I don't remember the word "sexism" being uttered by anyone throughout the campaign.

Something for Hillary and her friends to consider.

and the real reason Walsh is so upset. It always was a battle for control of (and the soul of) the Democratic Party, with Edwards and, maybe, Obama on one side, and Clinton on the other. By keeping Dean in place, Obama has justified the confidence so many people placed in him.

Through playing favorites, insulting and ignoring the base, and general inept mismanagement, the DLC had run the party into the ground and driven millions of people like me into Independent registration. Howard Dean and his fifty state strategy are the best thing to have happened to the Democrats since the Kennedy presidency, as demonstrated by the 2006 elections, when DNC-backed candidates won and DLC candidates lost.

To answer the question of another poster, it's very much a DNC/DLC thing. The Clintons, McCauliffe, Emanuel, Carville, Paul Begala and Joan Walsh all hate Dean, Obama and Edwards because they can hear their careers gurgling down the drain and, as demonstrated in the past months, will do anything short of conceding to try to save themselves. But it's them or the country. I think the country's more important.

Poor Michelle. I've heard she's actually really nice.

I'm amazed that there is so little attention given to what we've accomplished. I can remember a South where mob-driven racial assaults and murders were still common. In the state where I live, Sundown Town signs lingered until the 70s. And now we have a multiracial presidential nominee from a major political party. Isn't that enough to be proud of?

As several analysts have noted, Clinton's candidacy, for all its flaws, will make it easier for women all over the country to be elected to local, state and national office. It wasn't for nothing. Considering the history of the Clintons, it was surprisingly successful.

Those who say they're defecting to McCain likely planned to do that all along. Time to rejoice, and work toward the election.