I think it makes both camps look like petty schoolyard Republicans. But I did think we were trying to be more like the Republicans after all these years of letting THEM call the shots, write the talking points, and put the Democrats on the defensive. So do we want to see that both of our good candidates can play politics - really? Or do we not?

That's a rhetorical question.

As you well know, since you pay such close attention to the posts of people who do not agree with your trollish idiocy, I do not currently have a candidate. Mine dropped out.

I think your analysis is true in pretty much any other year - but I think the electability (a.k.a. "baggage") issue is Hilary's one big weakness.

A while back, I asked you who was paying you, and you denied that you were being paid. Now I know. Too bad you slipped, Republican concern troll.

I like to see Hilary Clinton using her considerable power and influence! Cleaning up slime! Good for her.

when you need him?

While I have my deep, disillusioned criticism of The Bill, this comment reminded me of the guy who won my very first presidential vote, back when I was a child of 19. Such innocent times....

Did you guys who are hating on him notice that he admitted in the first couple words that he indeed made a mistake? Now THAT is refreshing. And (even if you don't believe him) he said he didn't want to "be the story"?

He is NOT the story, and I'm glad he is able to acknowledge that. Are you? Can we get back to how we're going to beat McCain now? Together?

Our only debt is a huge one - a 30-year mortgage - so we won't be dropping it in that bucket. Instead, we'll probably put it in the college education fund. By the time my kids go to school, it might buy a text book or two!

that the people most likely to "stimulate" the economy with this check are the same ones who really ought to be paying down their credit cards to begin with. The working poor, that is, who almost never have money in chunks. It's a dirty trick, taxing the poor while the rich laugh all the way to the bank.

and it's a drop in the bucket v.v. the mortgage. So the college savings plan is the best idea for us.

are reading these CPAC posts. You will notice that John McCain assured them yesterday that he would appoint conservative judges. Whatever you think about Clinton (and I know a lot of it is not good), she would clean up the administration quite a bit (more forced abstinence-only education, anyone? not for me!) and appoint rational judges who actually believe in the Constitution. (And, speaking of the Constitution, the "four more years" chant is more than a little scary.)

I just want to be one of the few people to give you positive feedback for speaking your mind and heart so articulately. I didn't see your appearance, because I haven't watched television for fifteen years, but, from what I can tell, Hardball exemplifies why I made that choice. Those who insist on turning this into a forum for their own arguments about which candidate is "great" (and/or which one is the reincarnation of Satan himself) have totally missed the point. They deserve the bad TV they insist on consuming.

(FTR, I currently support neither Obama nor Clinton - or, rather, I support both of them, but neither very strongly. Like you, I am a disaffected John Edwards supporter.)

Ummmm, apparently you have missed the many features and the entire weekly column dedicated to consumer environmental awareness. You also seem to have missed the fact that switching all your bulbs to CFs (which I have done) and riding your bike (which I do) and recycling everything you can (which I do) and reducing your intake of packaging (which I do) will NEVER BE ENOUGH. Industry will need to be on board, and since they won't climb up themselves, the government will have to force them onto the train. Do you have a problem with that?

Chances are he is being paid by some Republican. And he is certainly a troll, which means he thrives on your anger. He's going through and spamming every single thread about Obama or Clinton, and it's not all anti-Obama either. Don't let him manipulate you. Seeing you get hot under the collar will just turn him on.

And it's not "censorship" unless the government does it. Salon is a private organization.

Anymore questions?

Joan, can you please ask your editors to start deleting posts by the drive-by right-wing spammer?

I think this is the first time I have ever noticed agreeing with you. What the hell kind of "thought experiment" is that? I am none of the above, and there are a LOT of people I would never vote for. None of them, as far as I know, are named Clinton.

Sorry, I missed the "online donations only" line the first time through.

our brains are only required to help us form mated pairs, and once we start breeding, we no longer need them. This explains why the smartest women always attract the most fertile men. It is also obvious that human evolution has strongly selected for women who, upon becoming new mothers, completely forget all the things they hated about new mothers while they were still pregnant.

And now I'll remove my tongue from my cheek and point out that it doesn't take much to increase the risk by many, many times of something that barely anyone has a risk for to begin with. Not that that is of any comfort when you're a pregnant, strung-out insomniac staying up nights Googling for Anxiety Porn.