I really do love the Clinton supporters who claim the high ground while at the same time referring to Obama supporters as “Obamatons,” “Obamamenites,” or “Obamaniacs.” Like it or not, Obama is going to be our nominee – the DEMOCRATIC nominee. If you want to call people names, fine (I guess) – but, for the love of god, don’t vote against your party – not to mention your best interests -- just because Hillary lost the primary.

I hate to break it to people like “red_gti2000,” but the Democratic Party has been dead for quite some time – or have you missed the past 7 years of GWB and (until the 2006 election) the lengthy Republican domination of Congress? Perhaps what Democrats need is a break from “your parent’s Democratic Party.” Perhaps what Democrats need is some fresh blood and new ideas. Remember, “The Clinton Center” is what facilitated the rise of the neocons and the Republican takeover of Congress in the early 1990’s – the appeasement approach of the Clinton administration (and the entire DLC) didn’t work. It’s time to look forward and remake the Democratic Party into something that can enact and sustain real change – hopefully all of your race-baiting and rabble rousing for John McCain will fall on deaf ears. If you can’t get on board with the changes this country so desperately needs, kindly step aside. It’s a new day.

Sorry – I should have used a different term than “neocon” in my post – I was only referring to the current crop who got us into our current mess – perhaps “facilitated the Republican revolution” would have been a better way of making my point. The fact remains that Clinton and the DLC moved the party away from not just the center, but to the right – a strategy that ultimately failed.

Regarding your question – “How do you expect to win enough power to implement the revolution without our votes? – it seems clear to me that many Hillary supporters simply have no intention of supporting Obama or the new direction of the Democratic Party no matter what, so I guess (sadly) we’re going to have to do without your votes and hope for the best. Maybe I’m wrong. I hope so – it seems like we have an opportunity to do something great for this country, but I guess that can’t ultimately happen until we put all the bitterness aside and start working together.

I repsect Bill Clinton too -- and Hillary for that matter. That has nothing to do with the fact that the DLC's strategy of Republican appeasement (of which Clinton was a major player) failed in the end. Are you going to tell me that NAFTA and Welfare Reform and "Don't ask, don't tell" (just to name a few examples) are representative of good progressive policy? The real point is that I (as an Obama supporter) would vote for Clinton if she were the nominee. You apparently have chosen a far more destructive path.

And he plans to rage against the machine, fight the power, and keep it real all at the same time

Tracy Morgan deserves the nomination and the award.