Most of us agreed with you when you deleted the anonymous option for the letters. Most of us were happy to see that you were trying to monitor the boards to improve the discourse.

So, what happened?

Some of these letters are foul. There's even one person who keeps calling HRC a *itch in the different threads. How does this improve deliberation? Are the editors secretly hoping the two Democratic camps will destroy each other with their vitriol--last camp standing gets the nomination?

P.S. For any of you who will malign me and cite your First Amendment right to freedom of speech, it doesn't apply here.

A very bad idea. Limbaugh and the right will laugh their way to yet another win and we watch the Democratic Party implode from within.

P.S. Would Joan Walsh please quit campaigning for Hillary and at least attempt to follow some kind of journalistic code of ethics!

Way to cement that whole "My hero or no one" attitude that has become the stereotype of Obama supporters.

I am a white male who has been swept off of my feet by Obama's Anti-Washington message. I have been so turned off by the BS of politics that I have seen most of my adult life (I'm 35 years old). If Hillary Clinton tries to backdoor her way to the nomination thru Super Delegates or a revote of MI and FL, I promise you now I will stay at home and not vote just to see her lose. If you "Washington Insiders" walked in my shoes a day, I'm sure you would see that Obama has shown he isn't inside the Plastic Bubble. Obama or I won't vote, it's that simple for me|!

joan you are spot on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am sure Obama will tee off on Hillary's wrong doing during Bills terms in the White House and Hillary will make clear Obama's preference for Black Nationalism and his belonging to a openly racist church. She will also touch on his close ties in Kenya.

Yes, VERY INTERESTING!

We can't equate delegates with the popular vote for MI and FL if we can't do it for every situation. The Dems got themselves into this; both these candidates (and others) agreed to the penalty for the states. I hope this is settled quickly too!

Totally agree with you.

I do not agree with a revote. They did not want our votes to count just because a date was moved so they dont count. It makes no difference what date the primary is held, every person has the right to vote and because some states didnt do what the party wanted they punish them. Personaly i dont feel either canadite is worth a hill of beans and they have pissed me off so bad that i will probably vote for Mccain just to help neither one get in the white house. As a tax payer in Michigan i do not agree that we should foot the bill for a new election now that the democrates releize they screwed up and needed our votes. GUESS WHAT TOO LATE!

I don't know that having them vote again would be of benefit, but I think that Hilary is getting a little to confident again and is getting there by being nasty.

Why can't people see the baggage (Bill) she carries with her and I also can't see her as a good negotiator. She is too much my way or else.

NO they so not vote again. THe paople has vote & the goverment to stay out of it. This county of U.S.A people has been give the right to vote so MI,Fl has spoken. So let the vote lay as they our. If anythe miss out getting name on the ballot or lost let be. Sore loesr or not I I I say let the vote stand as is.

What kind of USA wants Obama to be our president. OMG. his middle name is hussain. I dont care where he was born, what he is, what he is about. I want to move off because he is probly going to blow us up. were going to give that man the keys to our beloved country come on now. I keep telling my self this is a cruel joke why would any one vote for that man. he is a towel head. we banned them from getting on planes and we want him for president. I think NOT. GO HILLARY.

I don't understand why people keep calling this a bad week for Obama and a great week for Hillary.

Honestly - wasn't Hillary originally ahead in the polls in early February, by double digits? Wasn't Hillary always projected to win big in Ohio?

I see this week as a pretty big victory for Obama, really. He managed to take away a huge number of votes from Hillary in Texas (shrinking the difference in polls from over 10 percent down to 3 percent) and stole some of her superdelegate pledges as well.

Sounds like a defeat for Hill. She is still trailing by triple digits (which will likely grow when the Texas caucus results are in), and is going to start facing some pretty heavy pressure to drop out if she continues to lag behind without any substantial gains.

It's hard to say if Obama could have taken Texas with the negative publicity that came out just prior to voting, too, since the majority of the voting happened in the early voting period.

Why is this being largely ignored?

No wonder the GOP kicks our collective rear ends on a regular basis. When is the Democratic Party going to work as a cohesive unit? The GOP is only good at one thing-winning elections. They can't govern-period.To hell with "re-doing" the Fla & Mich primaries. Let's move on.

Joan, you said: "I don't think the party can fairly seat the delegates Clinton won in both states...." (emphasis mine).

Since the elections in MI and FL were declared null and void by the DNC, how can you say the Clinton "won" in those states?

Your article was a pretty reasonable assessment of the situation, but unless you are on Clinton's side of the argument, you should not be using her talking points.