"We're not going to give up on the process, we're not going to bend to the process, we're not going to whine about the process,"

I would love to see the Clinton campaign stop spinning and put this out as their official strategy. everyone I know is terrified that they are going to pull something and cripple the democratic party for the next 20 years

I don't think I realized that Clinton could actually lose this race until I saw the returns on Super Tuesday. The states that Obama was winning were going his way by such huge margins, I couldn't figure it out -- unless Clinton did something astonishingly dumb like not even TRY to really compete in those states . . . oh.

Her campaign didn't just fail to plan for beyond February 5. They didn't plan very well FOR February 5. It's mystifying, and this is nothing that can be laid at the feet of misogynist press, GOP attack machines, or that famous alleged Obama mind-meld cult of personality. Simply put, you can't win if you don't play, and no one forced the well-financed, up-to-their-ears-in-pricey-consultants Clinton campaign to ignore a majority of the Super Tuesday states. And as one who thinks Howard Dean's 50-state strategy is where the Democrats need to go to rebuild the party long-term, I'm glad to see Obama using his grassroots organizing abilities to such magnificent ends in this campaign.

Sheila Jackson Lee, a Clinton-supporting Democrat from Houston. But then she proceeded to ask whether caucuses should be eliminated in future nomination fights. "From my perspective, it is not the fully democratic process." It is, however, the Democratic process -- and the one by which the well-organized Obama campaign appears to be closing in on the nomination.

...then perhaps Obama's followers should a) stop the incessant campaign to squelch this process and let voters have the last word; b) encourage superdelegates to remain neutral until voters have their say; c) let superdelegates lead -- which is their role -- once primaries and caucuses have concluded; and d) acknowledge that caucuses aren't representative of Democratic voters, but simply a small fraction of Democratic voters.

Why does Salon that has some outstanding journalist [Conason], employs a total looser like Madden, who has no idea what is really going on. Karl Rove is chasing the Republicans to cross the party line and vote for Obama, in order to knock out Hillary. He did it in Iowa and certainly in Texas. Those Republicans are not going to vote for Obama in November!

"said Obama strategist Robert Gibbs. "For the candidate or the campaign that seems to discuss that they're ready from Day One, they didn't seem to have a plan from Day One for this campaign." "

This point hasn't been made nearly enoguh. I mean - how are we really supposed to believe that of Hillary now? Given her arrogance in not preparing for any eventualities beyond Texas ? If she were to win, where else would this arrogance raise its ugly head? Is she really ready to go from day one? Is she really ready to take dealing with congress into the 10th inning should she have to? To take dealing with a national crisis somewhere beyond lowest common denominator expectations (now pushed even lower after Bush/Katrina)? To take crisis talks about nuclear (dis)armament with Russia as far as they need to go? To take talks between Palestinians and Israel as far as they need to go? Or will she arrogantly go into all of these things with only half a game plan? And so – yeah – sure – Hillary may well be ready to go on day one – but given the way she has run her campaign it’s not day one that I’m worried about.

And really fhunter. Why would Rove possibly do what you suggest? When every poll indicates that Obama does better against McCain then Hillary does? And given Obama's huge grass roots campaing that has every indication of outwitting the polls in a way that decidedly advantages Obama? So - why don't you just go eat your sour grapes in a corner somewhere and shut up until the primary is over. We'll take you back in the fall when you're over your temper tantrum. No worries.

"I had no idea how bizarre it is. We have grown men crying over it."

Well, Hillary, if you are going to play the game, the first thing to do is find out what the rules are. The media has been making a lot of noise about the bizarre rules in Texas. It certainly has not been hidden. You claim to have a lot of connections to Texas next door to your home state of Arkansas. Your opponent has a lot of experience organizing in Chicago and seems to have been able to transfer that to Texas.

I presume that your campaign will soon be crying about the results in Texas.

Obama's followers should a) stop the incessant campaign to squelch this process [...]

Do you have any links to support this? I'm not searching the entire internets, but based on what I'm reading here in the letters most Obama supporters, with exceptions, think Hillary should stay in at least until March 5th, if not longer.

Yes, there are knuckleheads in the media like Alter saying that Hillary should get out. It sounds a little bitter to extend that into a vast left wing (or bong smoking wing) Obama acolyte conspiracy.

Why have the punditry been wrong? Why are the polls off? What is going on?

This is the first presidential race since the evolution of "Online Soicial Networking". Both Ron Paul and Barack Obama are wide awake as to affect of this phenomenon on the world.

The very nature of a social network site is to Network. Once a sites traffic reaches "Critical Mass", it runs on its own and grows exponentially.

If you add a candidate who is wide awake, Google, Facebook, Myspace, Youtube, etc. Throw Hope in the mix and see what you get.

This thing is like watching The Flintstone's trying race The Jetson's. It does'nt look good for Fred and Wilma :(