Obama's victories across the country last night send a clear and powerful message about his ability to unite an America fractured these past years by partisan rancor.

Pundits and the Clinton campaign may pooh-pooh his winning of "small" states like Idaho, Colorado and Georgia, but in reality- this is huge. This sends a powerful message that Obama can unite voters in the south and in the heartland, places that have been stalwart red states the past two election cycles. The fact that this man can bridge that gap and bring voters out for him says volumes about his potential to unite congressional members from both sides of the aisle in Washington.

And wouldn't that be a breath of fresh air! Bieng able to work together on issues and have strong bipartisan support instead of the hair's breadth chess games and ego matches we've had for seven years- that would be something to be proud of.

I remember about six months ago how we were all told that Hillary would not only be the nominee, but that she was guaranteed to win. Basically, we were all just killing time until Hillary's inauguration.

That's one thing that turns me off about the Clinton campaign, or more to the point, the way the media is already handing out gold medals. It smacks of arrogance and entitlement, and I think we've had enough of that with the way the Republicans have been acting during the past two election cycles.

But those soldiers that died in Iraq under Bush? Not so much.

And the soldiers that will die under McCain if we stay "another 100 years"? Those too.

The idea of "a McCain presidency wouldn't be too bad" or "I could live with McCain as president- at least he's not Bush." is pretty nutty thinking.

May I remind you:

To McCain: 100 years in Iraq- not that bad.

and

"Bomb bomb bomb Iran!"

No thanks!

So true.

And that's why it's crucial that a Democrat be elected president.

put it into my savings account. With things being as shaky as they are, every little bit of cushion helps.

Unless you've already got a good savings account or low credit card debt, taking the money and blowing it on a gadget at Best Buy seems foolish.

How wonderfully Surrealist of you! :)

Great answer.

So many posters talk about paying toward their credit card debt (might do that myself, too).

It's like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't get me wrong, I certainly don't intend to vote for McCain in November. But to hear that he was booed by his own party when he came to give them a speech and embrace them...Man, the childishness of Republicans knows no bounds.

Fact: Severe volatile dislike of Clinton by many people in this country would make her election a squeaker. Like last time. Remember the partisan rancor right after 2004?

In regard to McCain, the right is not going gaa-gaa over the idea of his candidacy either.

However, as has been mentioned, Obama doesn't have the high negatives of Clinton. Some Republicans openly admit they would vote for him OVER McCain. Obama also has enormous appeal among Independants.

If we nominate him, he will win. Period. If we don't, we're shooting ourselves in the foot.

This country is in desperate need of change. We have a lot of messes to clean up and we need someone who can bridge the partisan divide in this country. Of the front running candidates only one person can do that- Barack Obama.

Here come two "hip" women with a book presented to help women but designed to make women feel even worse. Nevermind that neither of them are actual nutritionists. They both come from the same modeling world- the hypercritical world fixated and obsessed with an unrealistic, hyper stylized body image possessed by less that one percent of the human population.

The same industry that jams Kate Moss down our throats and then excoriates women for not matching up with that body type. Here, they are using the same techniques- sell the punchy, catchy image and the chic concept while at the same time making women feel terrible about themselves in order to move product. These two "authors" should be ashamed of themselves.

How about this: "If you write crap, you are crap."

Why the backhanded snark at the youth voters? As a progressive, I'm thrilled that a candidate like Obama can fire up young voters, who traditionally under-participate. The fact that many young, and first time voters are itching for November is a wonderful thing.

And not all young voters come from weathly families, believe me. I'm in my 20's (not as young as some of the Obama fans, for sure) but I've been spending a good part of the past seven years under Bush working 2 jobs and living hand to mouth. It sucks and it needs to change. That's why I'm backing Obama, he seems like a candidate that can actually get things done and make changes that positively affect working Americans.

Rose,

So you mean that you'll be voting for McCain if Clinton doesn't get the nomination? Because that's exactly what you're doing if you sit out the election.

I'm supportive of Obama, but I will vote for Hillary Clinton in a heartbeat if she gets the nomination. I fear too much what another four years of Republicanism will do to our nation.

And Cythera, I know you might not be enamored with Obama. But the candidate who creeps me out a lot more is Mr. "100 years in Iraq" McCain.