At least some of their supporters, hopefully over-represented by a very large factor here in the Salon letters section. And I suspect they are - after all, this embarrassing exchange of epithets has been dominated by a very few individuals, perhaps 6, perhaps 8, with the rare interjection by some reasonable soul.

I'm sick of the lot of you. And I don't even have to name you. Everyone knows exactly who I'm talking about.

I'm an Obama supporter, so this post addresses those 3-4 fools presuming to speak for him here. I'm embarrassed by you. I don't believe for a second that Hillary Clinton is intent upon destroying the Democratic party or its nominee. And if she has aspirations to the Vice Presidency, that's hardly a development that should shock the conscience.

If you sit back and think, a much more likely explanation for the behavior you consider so despicable might be as simple as this: it may take a day or two for a human being in the heat of a nomination battle to move out of campaign mode and into reconciliation mode. For that matter, when a human being is intent on a specific goal, like winning an election, considerations of one's options upon losing are hardly helpful and likely emotionally and psychologically debilitating. I would strongly recommend that you let her come down and weigh her options.

And consider the debt she owes her supporters and those supporters' need for a satisfying outcome, some real payoff for their physical and emotional commitment to their candidate. And if you want to win in November, you would do well to carefully consider that. Intentionally or no, Hillary may be helping to broker some sort of detente between the factions - a win-win deal that may go some distance toward satisfying her base, unifying the party, and electing Senator Obama to the presidency.

And, finally, consider what the candidates are saying about one another.

Barack Obama, last night:

"We've certainly had our differences over the last sixteen months. But as someone who's shared a stage with her many times, I can tell you that what gets Hillary Clinton up in the morning – even in the face of tough odds – is exactly what sent her and Bill Clinton to sign up for their first campaign in Texas all those years ago; what sent her to work at the Children's Defense Fund and made her fight for health care as First Lady; what led her to the United States Senate and fueled her barrier-breaking campaign for the presidency – an unyielding desire to improve the lives of ordinary Americans, no matter how difficult the fight may be. And you can rest assured that when we finally win the battle for universal health care in this country, she will be central to that victory. When we transform our energy policy and lift our children out of poverty, it will be because she worked to help make it happen. Our party and our country are better off because of her, and I am a better candidate for having had the honor to compete with Hillary Rodham Clinton."

Sadly, I could find no transcript of Senator Clinton's comments before AIPAC today - can someone help me out? - but she was extraordinarily gracious to Obama, even stating (and i think I have this right, verb tense and all): "Senator Obama is my friend, and let me be completely clear - he *will* be a friend to Israel."

Please, people. Step back. Take a breath. Allow this process to work itself out. I believe Obama's graciousness will be fully rewarded, and that Senator Clinton will prove herself to be both instrumental and unexpendable in winning the Presidency this Fall.

And if that doesn't convince you, then please just shut the fuck up. Go somewhere else for awhile and grow the hell up.

yeah right this is the hypocrisy I'm talking about:

MO told SC voters during campaign that they were one of them so they should vote for them...yeah it worked! But then Bill got lynched to say the obvious that blacks voted for O for kinship reason, first and foremost.

That's what disgusts me about this primary and drive me away from any affinity toward Obama.

It's okay to spew sexism against Hillary but anything related to race is a no-no.

This is how people get disgusted by MSM, pundits and Obama's campaign. This is why Hillary finished strong and he was limping to the finish line and needed to be carried out by phantom SD's votes.

Get a grip, you think this is a good sign for GE?

"we do believe it's risky to give him the power of presidency when that's the only thing he's obviously interested in (otherwise he would have waited)."

Why would somebody run for President who isn't interested in the job? That's just insane.

You need to quit it with the anti-black rhetoric. It makes you look stupid (and racist).

And really, what if Barack Obama IS the affirmative action candidate? Affirmative action is about making the playing field level for EQUALLY OR MORE QUALIFIED candidates. Go learn your terms before slinging them out to insult.

You are a poor example of a Hillary Clinton supporter. Do you really think she'd agree with all the B.S. you're spouting off? I think not--at least Hillary is a true progressive.

yes he's interested because it's a powerful position, not because it entails hard work and dedication. Hillary at least has shown us she's a hard worker and has actually worked for the betterment of many people and she's been around long enough to know what it takes to be president and she ACTUALLY proves it with her comprehensive plan (though y'all will dismiss it no doubt). Yet she's criticized of being evil, ambitious, etc...

Look at O. He couldn't even finish one term at senate he needed to run to the top. How can you trust that this guy is not just interested in the power, instead of serving and working for the people?

Obama is NATO: no action talk only.

We don't trust him period.