I didn't pay much attention to the Church stuff, because (1) I consider myself an atheist, and I prefer to keep religion out of any campaign and (2) I don't really think what one's pastor says, or one's endorser, or whatever you call it, is that significant.

I do disagree with you on one point: allowing McCain to win by not voting for Obama. Although you can skip that office in November, I think you're dead-wrong about McCain. He would be pernicious, disastrous even, and allow thousands more people to die needlessly. Even though I find Hillary a despicable hag, and a liar when it comes to not getting what she wants, I definitely would prefer her over McCain. In the interest of saving lives, and saving possibly trillions of dollars that have to paid back by our grandchildren, I would pull for either Democrat over McCain.

Oh, I do agree that Hillary's motives are quite clear: she wants to win.

I do agree with you that the voters of MI should scream and holler all they can to have a say, for sure. It absolutely is undemocratic what happened to them. I don't think Hillary should be the cheerleader of the group however, I think she should step aside because of her previous commitment. I think her credibility on this issue is compromised and therefore she is not a good advocate for the voters of MI.

The voters should should vote Granholm's ass out of office or recall her if they're that upset. I only mention her name because she's the easiest target, but she's not the only one in the wrong.

Yes, I do remember Hillary in 2000, actually traveling the state of NY and doing an amazing job of listening to people. I do believe that she can work hard, for sure.

I don't have an admiration for Obama, just a disgust for how Hillary has conducted herself in the campaign. The media have done a good job of trashing them both, I must admit, and, as others have noted, including Walsh, I do believe that it's more acceptable to make sexist statements on the air than racist ones, so I think Hillary has gotten a raw deal. My problem with her is that she hasn't take the high road with this defeat, but rather the low road. In a nutshell, much of this she has brought on herself. I don't have a problem with her campaigning, it's the way she has campaigned to which I object, it's been more about Hillary than it has the values of the party or the voters. She could be a uniter if she chooses to be, she could be a great campaigner, if she chooses to be, she could be an advocate for women, and the working class, again, if she chooses to be, she has all the skills, for sure, but for me, she hasn't made that choice. I don't think she will, and I hope I'm wrong. She will take her rules objection to the convention and it will waste valuable time while she could be out campaigning. In my opinion, she's taken some really, really bad advice. If she had taken the high road, she would have crushed Obama, and we wouldn't be writing about this.

In remarks to reporters at a hastily called press conference in South Dakota Saturday night, Obama seemed irritated, maybe understandably, by the ongoing controversy. "It's clear that now that I'm a candidate for president, every time that something is said in the church by anyone associated with Trinity, including guest pastors, the remarks will be imputed to me even if they totally conflict with my long-held views, statements and principles," he said.

And really, that goes for any candidate. I don't really give a rat's ass what some stupid preacher said, or what some surrogate said, or whomever. When being critical of a candidate, you focus on what the candidate says, or how the candidate conducts a campaign, or the candidate's actions, or record, or votes. Thus, Obama's preacher is irrelevant because there is ample evidence that both his actions and words contradict some of the more incendiary things that he has said, while, for example, Obama's gaffe's are fair game (as are Hillary's or any other candidate).

his church affiliation was mainly a political one and he wasn't paying much attention.

And it took you THIS long to figure this out?

I thought everyone knew that Obama joined Trinity because he needed the base to do his community work. Oh, he sure knew what was going on. What you white folks don't get is that some of Wright's views are neither radical nor new. Most of what he had preached is standard fare for a Black congregation.

Sweetheart-I have news for you: political parties are not miniature democracies, and they never have been. Another bit: the Constitution doesn't have a rat's ass to do with how a political party chooses its nominee. There are no guarantees. These Hillary supporters on TV saying "It's un-Constitutional" obviously didn't pay attention in high school civics class.

Were you somehow expecting this? If so, why?

The real problem with Walsh is that she can't think scientifically (form a hypothesis, test it with reason, investigate, research, analyze, synthesis). Instead of emailing Chris to have her fired, maybe she should be sent to summer remediation camp, kind of like Scientist's Apprentice Camp.