When that man in the crowd shouted "Kill him!", exactly who was he referring to? The context of this post makes it sound like he was talking about Ayers, but I've seen other accounts where it seems to have been understood as an actual threat against Obama. In any case, it's downright frightening, and such statements should have no place in our political discourse.

Every once in a while things get so crazy that for just a second I can actually start to think "is it remotely possible that I could be the one whose thinking is way out of line here?". But the rerecent statements by both McCain and Palin and the hate filed reactions of some of theit followers leave no room for any doubt. It is they and their movement that are fundamentally wrong, and those of us who are on the oppopsing side are fundamentally right. I hope that the ugliness of the rhetoric coming from the GOP ticket and their supporters will actually open the eyes of some people and allow them to see the truth.

If the promos I've seen for 'Kath ank Kim' are any real indication I can only say that Kim is not a person I have any desire to spend any time with whatsoever. She comes across to me as one of the most annoying people it is possible to imagine.

The fact that the situation on the ground in Iraq has mproved to some extent does not change the fact that it's a situation we should never have been in in the first place. It seems the American people understand that fact, even if the pundits don't.

The right wing complaints about "activist" judges have always been a total diversion. They actually WANT activist judges...only activist in pushing THEIR agenda.

If she reads so many newspapers or other publications she really should have been able to toss off the name of one specific one.

The recent turn in most of the polls is ncouraging, to be sure. My main concern at this point is what kind of tricks the Republicans might pull out in this last month, up to and including the creation of some excuse to allow them to actually suspend the election. It's not easy to assume that the crew who have labored so mightily to concentrate power in the presidency, avoiding any checks or oversight, is simply going to stand back and allow that power to be turned over to someone else...especially someone of an opposite political philosophy. I really wouldn't put anything past them. I pray I'm wrong, but we need to be very alert to everything that's going on.

I should have said "the account elsewhere on this site of Hillary campaigning for Obama". It really would be nice if there were some way to edir our comments after posting them.

I saw just a couple of minutes of Bill's appearance as I was flipping channels, and the little bit I saw sounded like he was actually saying some pretty nice things about Obama. I'd appreciate it if someone could expand a little on just what he did say.

I'm not quite sure how much of this narrative of Bill being so reluctant to really support Obama because he wants to set up Hillary for another run in 2012 is reality and how much of it is simply people who have certain preconceived ideas about him seeing what they expect to see. My own view of both Clintons has become much more "nuanced" during the course of this campaign. It seems to me that the pressure of the campaign brought out the worst in both of them (which some people seem to insist is all there is, though I don't aaccept that). I'm glad to see this accout of Hillary campaigning for Obama, and I just hope that what she's doing will help toward the goal of tossing the Republicans out of the White House after a disastrous eight years. That's what's most important in the end.

It shouldn't be very long before the Republicans are indignantly accusing the Democrats of trying to make political hay by unfairly criticizing McCain's role in the negotiations and trying to pass off McCain's contributions as crucial.

Just as disturbing to me as the claim of Sarah Palin having been anointed by God for some special purpose is the distorted picture of Obama giving his acceptance speech as some monster of hubris. Actually, I can accept the idea that God might raise up a special person for a special purpose at a historically significant time. (FDR to lead the U.S. through the Depression and WWII perhaps?) But it would not be the person that the supposedly religious people are looking to. If there is anybody involved in this election cycle who actually appears to be endowed with the special qualities to meet the demands of these most challenging times it is not Sarah Palin (or John McCain for that matter) but their much maligned opponent.

All these efforts to stonewall the invesatigation simply leave the impression that there is in fact something to hide. And other stories coming out about how she's acted as governor just confirm the impression that she wouldn't be afraid to abuse her power. (No wonder the hard core right is so smitten with her!)

I totally agree with the others who have expressed outrage at the idea that subpoenas can simply be ignored without consequence. It's long past time for the actual rule of law to be reasserted.