Your point doesn't address the fact that the media is unable to walk and chew gum at the same time. Clinton v Obama has sucked up too much bandwidth and enabled McCain to get a pass on his various gaffes and blunders. I would rather that the media focus on McCain.

I agree. I think the final contest between the candidates should be who can do a better job of beating up McCain.

You're both making a faulty assumption: That the media will start to be more critical of McCain if Clinton drops out.

Perhaps I should have spoken at more length. I didn't say that Hillary should or shouldn't drop out. I just think that if she choses to keep her candidacy alive, she should try to prove her mettle by going after McCain rather than Obama. If she can do that well enough to win the superdelegates' votes, then God bless her. If she doesn't win, she will still have made an honorable end to her campaign.

I also prefer to keep the dung flinging to a minimum...

Again, I agree. The candidates should feel free to explain why they think their policies are better, but stop criticizing each other: Let McCain do that work.

Also, just for Hillary: Stop whinging about the unfairness of the Rules Committee decision. Publicly disavowing this tactic would be useful because it would help us distinguish the real Hillary supporters from the Republican trolls.

I'm sure the stolen "Uncommitted" MI delegates plus the four he took from Hillary put him over the top.

Please check the label on that talking point, I think the "use by" date has passed.

It will all be up the the superdelegates after today, and I don't think they'll give much credence to this argument. They're going to care more about winning against McCain.

If Hillary wants to stay in the race, I think she should try to prove her mettle by showing she can do a better job of beating up McCain than Obama. Let McCain to the legwork of finding flaws in the Democratic contenders.

The nominee will be decided in August at the convention in Denver.

The superdelegates do hold the deciding votes, so what's the best way to win those votes?

I think Hillary's best chance of beating Obama is to ignore him. She should campaign as though she were the presumptive nominee and concentrate all of her attention on McCain. Stop taking potshots at Obama and let McCain do that work. Give McCain the double challenge have having two opponents to fight. And above all, stop whinging about the rules committee decision because this will not favorably impress the superdelegates.

IMO, Hillary will do much better by demonstrating that she can campaign effectively against McCain, and she'll also leave herself in a better position if she doesn't win the nomination.

As the price of oil rises, oil-producing countries have less incentive to convert their oil reserves underground, which are expected to appreciate in value, into dollar reserves above ground, which are losing their value.

That's why trying to persuade OPEC to pump faster hasn't worked: There's nothing in it for them. The declining value of the dollar only makes things worse.

I also doubt the OPEC cares much about the argument that high prices will encourage the development of alternate energy sources. They know this has to happen eventually anyway, and they also know that changing the infrastructure in the country like the U.S. will take a very long time.

McCain has decades of experience supporting soldiers and a complete undertanding of how the military works.

Perhaps, but haven't we spent enough lives, money and time figuring out that the military "solution" isn't working in Iraq?

IMO, the last thing we need is someone who is absolutely determined that the military approach is the only one that can work .... somehow, someday.

... but it's really their product that stinks. No amount of repackaging is going to impress people who are squeezed between stagnant incomes and galloping price increases. Republicans have served business and wealthy people very well, but have left average Americans out in the cold.

I'm a white guy, and race is going to be a big factor in my vote: I'm tired of being treated as subhuman by the Republicans because I'm not a billionaire, so I'm going to vote for Obama.

the Republicans are already running Hillary's disrespect of Obama as capable of being CIC as an attack ad.

That is not likely to endear Hillary with many superdelegates.

Of all the things Hillary did or said during her campaign, this is the one I think was her worst career-limiting move.

That being said, an Obama/Clinton ticket has its merits.

I'm wondering how that would work with Republicans running Hillary's own criticisms of Obama in their attack ads. Hillary's remark about McCain being more qualified than Obama would make wonderful attack ad material.

All he has to do is recite the list of Republication accomplishments.

(sound of crickets chirping)

Why?

Why? So that McCain can bash Obama for having Bush's support. This will probably be more damaging than claiming Obama has Hamas' support.

Perhaps the Indian government looked at what is going on in countries that are too dependent on gasoline and decided it wasn't a good idea to subsidize the establishment of a similar addiction in India.

We could at least attempt to be graceful about this. Gloating isn't going to help beat McCain.

He said the military option is "on the table"

Of course it's on the table. All countries will consider the use of military force if circumstances require it.

The difference is that with McCain, it's the ONLY thing on the table and it's not an option.

Tell me precisely what set of circumstances warrant sending someone's kid -- perhaps yours -- to die in Iran?

Having my country attacked by Iran would do the trick.