Democrats who desperately cling to the Clinton aura are just as pathetic as the Republicans who can't seem to let go of Reagan.

And not because she's stealing it, or the 'super'-delegates will decide. She's still leading in national polls, last time I checked...

Obama is fine. My vote is for John Edwards, and it is to my everlasting liberal disappointment that I find a white male more attractive as a candidate than a woman or an African American, both of whom are viable candidates who will make fine Presidents.

I just like Edwards better because of his stand on the issues--mostly Iraq. Of all the Dems, Obama and Clinton are the most CONCILIATORY to Bush on Iraq. And if that Liberal Media is to be believed, Iraq is the number one issue voters turned out for in 2006--and this year, too.

Jeez, this New Hampshire/Iowa drama is sure making headlines. But I'm still yawning. This ain't over, and all this hand-wringing is amusing if not boring as hell, people.

Even though I haven't decided whether I'm voting for Obama or Clinton in my state's primary (Illinois) and I am tired of Iowa and New Hampshire deciding the nomination, I'm even more tired of the amount of Spin going on on Salon regarding Hillary. I know War Room tends towards the speculative, but there was very little actual fact in this article, and a lot of wishful thinking about the Clinton campaign. If you want to take sides, be my guest, but either be honest about it or cut down on the speculating.

In sports, performance by teams/athletes can be influenced by referees as well...its part of the game.

The strategy of the winning delegates/superdelegates and so forth, is part of the process.

Hillary has no influence on what Michigan and Florida did, or what the DNC will do. To conflate this situation with Michigan/Florida with Bush in '00 is downright scurrilous and disingenuous.

C'mon! What's wrong with you people? We might actually get not just one, but two conventions where the nominee is decided on a second ballot! I read that the last time there was a second ballot was in 1952 -- my dad was three months old! For once, a reason to watch a convention! You can't deny all these exclamation marks!!!

The manufactured dread from a Hillary president is getting down-right tiresome.

She is a warm and gentle person who has championed children's health and fought their poverty since she was in law school. Likewise she has fought for minority civil rights since college. She showed how personable she was in the debate on Sat., when asked about how she's not 'liked' as much as the other candidates she jokingly said, 'Well that hurts my feelings, but I'll try and get by'.

Obama is another Alpha Male who has swooped in to gloss over his experience with charm, charisma and inspiration. There are no proven political battles; there is no proof of hard work or deeds. The republicans fell for that last time. Now we fall for it too. There's no "change" to be had here. We vote for "change" everytime, and we don't get it as drastically, or as completely as we want it. We will be disappointed again.

If we want real change, why don't we vote for the highest office in the land with our heads as well and actually get a well-functioning government, instead of just our hearts filled with "inspiration". Voting for Hillary isn't voting in a vacuum; she will have Bill (her answer to the charismatic, inspiring Alpha male on her team) and a VP who will help the ticket and broaden the Dem coalition.

We have been fighting partisan politics since the days of John Adams, the 2nd president of the United States. Read, "Don't Know Much About History" and you will see that its been a divisive and surly 2-party system for the entirety of our republic. Attacks against Jefferson and Adams and so on, were downright vicious and slanderous...politics has only gotten more civil.

To think that Obama is the answer to stop the partisan-divide is foolish and wishful thinking. There might be one happy moment, but those partisan and angry right-wingers will just start it over again; it doesn't matter who is in there.

False hope and another Alpha Male strikes again. Good luck with that.

Of course it was an empty threat, that's why MI went ahead and moved the primary earlier, they knew there wouldn't be any follow through. MI is too important during the general election to piss them off.

A lot of people here assume that everybody hates Hillary and loves Obama. But for me this is great news. Many of us here in California are backing her and can't wait to vote for her. I'm not impressed with Obama's empty rhetoric, and I'm disgusted with the media treatment of Clinton. Do I think she'll be the nominee? Probably not.

But how I'd love to see Chris Matthew's face if she were to pull it off.

This all so dishearteningly Machiavellian.

Let's hope the Dems are not so stuck in the patterns of self-destruction that they don't move against the people's choice.

Meanwhile, is there anyway for we, the people, to influence these superdelegates? How do you find out who they are? Is there a list somewhere?

... sets up Hillary as the George Bush of 2008: If Obama runs through the primaries with the most votes cast at the polls, but loses the nomination then it's 2000 all over again, with the Denver Convention playing the role of the US Supreme Court.

Would the Democratic Party want to run Clinton with THAT kind of baggage? I hope there are many party elders shivering over that one.

If the DNC goes back on it's pledge and seats those delegates, there would be hell to pay.

It would basically be flouting the will of the people to try to hand a victory to the establishment.

That's how we lose elections. We should start a campaign to make sure Dean knows this.