There is no question in my mind that we need to find a fair way to make sure the voters in FL and MI have a say. The delegates cannot be seated under the current circumstances. I am an Obama voter - and as I see Clinton still in a close second, I start to dread the idea again that she will be the nominee. I have been dreading it for years, ever since the idea came up that she wanted to run for president. I think it would be a huge mistake - just like I thought Gore and Kerry were huge mistakes. I wasn't of voting age for Mondale or Dukakis, but my recollection is that those candidates were of the exact same stripe. Clinton represents the long-standing reason that I cannot bring myself to register as a Democrat or give money to the Party. But FL and MI should vote, despite my fears about what a Clinton candidacy would mean this year. I think it would mean four more years of hell.

I liked your analysis of how Clinton managed to pull through in Texas. Ohio and Rhode Island were givens, so Texas was the only place Obama could have driven a stake through her campaign's heart, and he didn't manage it. I think you are right that he failed to respond swifty and decisively to the NAFTA flap. I think it caught him off guard, and I think it was and should have been a non-issue, but he let commentators and the Clinton campaign get away with making it seem like there was inconsistency in his views. I don't agree with that spin, but one of the reasons I voted for him was that he was so good at handling the attacks - up until then. Now his reputation for integrity has been tainted - and while I think the Canadian conservative government was playing very, very dirty (that is, LYING), I don't really think he can blame anyone but himself that it blew up in his face the way it did. He had the chance to put the issue to bed early, and he didn't. Now, he will have to be up with it as with a colicky baby, long into the night of November. If he makes it that far. Pennsylvania is Clinton's home territory. We shall see.

Let's get one thing straight. We Vermonters eat granola - with organic, fair trade nuts and unsulphured dried fruits. Only Republicans buy Froot Loops.

but I am considering one on Katha Pollitt....

because my mom bought the idea on the nightly news that it was Satanic. I am sure there is an alternate universe in which I am a girl hacker, but it's not this one. I am catching up quickly on the fantasy games, though, thanks to my husband and my six-year-old son. Thanks for the tribute - and the silly video!

This white woman's robo-call was in Obama's famous baritone. I think my left eardrum might have swooned, almost.

That was too reactive, but I was having trouble getting beyond the "progressive" question-begging to the rest of the point. My apologies. I voted for Obama today, but that does not keep me from seeing the bias in the media. And the bias is totally amoral: it is a simple bias toward sensationalism. It has worked against Clinton, no doubt about it. Watching Obama react to similar attempts is part of the reason I voted for him; he seems to be able to deflect most of the attacks by de-sensationalizing them, and I think that's very important. It's got nothing to do with his gender. I actually "like" Hillary more.

Neither Democratic candidate is, particularly. That is part of the problem.

Um, 76 percent of girls are not permitted to go to school? People can't even buy food? I'm sure the rich are eating. How is this freedom again? They have neither freedom NOR security. What exactly is she talking about? The fact that they have many dictators fighting with each other instead of a single dictatorship?

until the campaign got so negative. It is like listening to my children fighting in the next room. It is getting on my nerves. And that is the point of all negative campaigning: make people cynical, order to suppress turnout. If she chooses to stay in, I hope she does it in a way that keeps Dems in the headlines without jeopardizing either candidate's chances in November. But I'm running out of hope for that.

I too am mystified by your "conscience" vote. Proud liberal feminist my ... foot. Do you have ANY idea what McCain's views on reproductive rights are? Did you even watch the most recent debate? Clinton and Obama's stance on troop withdrawal is virtually the same. There have been some very good pieces on Broadsheet about McCain's anti-choice votes, just for starters. And did you catch his speeches about how he plans to appoint conservative judges? I don't know if you've bought the "Maverick" schtick, but if he ever was one, he sure ain't now. So, if you're really who you say you are and not a concern troll, I highly recommend a little more self-informing, sister.

Anyone who ignores "regardless of the consequences" in that statement is missing the whole point. Neither Democrat promised to withdraw "regardless of the consequences." I think it's stupid for the Obama campaign to be sending this article around. I guess it's only fair, given the kinds of campaigning their opponent has been doing, but I was admiring Obama for being above that kind of campaigning.