I am in no way suggesting that the mods shouldn't continue to write diaries that are critical of Obama but maybe a little balance is in order. I mean today I think this blog just looks foolish to have MO bash-piece on the front when our GE opponent is sitting very uncomfortably in the spotlight. I mean how many times have I come here after a big Obama win to see something on the front page that directly apes Howard Wolfson's talking points? And I do think that the hostility of the mods towards Obama is leading to some of the extreme hostility you are seeing among the commenters. There is something out of balance at this blog right now and think the change can only come from the top. At a certain point they are going to have to put their HRC hats aside and make this a Democratic blog again.

and got trolled all over the place...by Obama supporters.

hillary is down 150+ elected delegates... is she hoping the party bosses will save her ass at the nomination?

I am not saying anyone should "shut up and fall in line" but there is a difference between that and attacking Obama relentlessly no matter the circumstances and on a day when McCain should be our focus. Priorities is what I am talking about. I think there is a way to promote HRC without being so negative towards Obama that an unhealable rift is created. Just saying...

Funny-- I was thinking it was the sound of dKos ad revenue heading south after Clinton wins the nomination.

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If you're going to make a comment that even Rush Limbaugh probably wouldn't have the gall to make, you might as well as least say ASS.

Wow I never thought I'd hear something like this on My DD perhapses the democratic party has already fractured!

My god, I really hope you don't talk about misogyny hurting Hill, because seriously.

Obama told me he doesn't want my vote. When he put up an 'exgay' hatemonger to emcee some campaign events, I knew that was the end for me. And then he did it again with Kirbyjohn Caldwell. Probably the question should be: how can Obama heal the divide. After being called a racist, told that gay people don't matter, told that I must be more tolerant of people of faith, on and on; don't think it can happen. Obama has fractured the Democratic Party. And all the sermonettes like this diary are not helping.

Agreed.

I'm pretty much at peace with where we, as a party and movement, and where we, as a nation are both at right now -- and where the trends say we are heading.

Obama has 11 straight wins -- from the far NE to the deep south to the Atlantic coast to the midwest to the Pacific coast.   The numbers are heading his way in both TX and OH.   We've got two weeks to close the gap entirely.

Obama's campaign has been nearly flawless in its execution.

None of Clinton's attacks are sticking - and based on the numbers for February, the smallest margin of victory being 17 points, it would appear the attacks are actually backfiring.   This bodes well for the summer and fall when the GOP will undoubtedly try to throw more of the same at Obama.

I'm not overconfidant - there's plenty of work to be done.  We need to close the deal.

But we've already see the worst the HRC camp can throw -- muslim, drug-dealer, rezko slumlord lover, secret Reagan humper -- there's nothing worse the GOP can throw at him save for outright physical violence.

Right now - I'm just enjoying the fact that we're seeing Obama barnstorm through states that don't usually get the major attention.

I mean.... it can only HELP Rick Noriega that Barack Obama is criss-crossing Texas to huge crowds.  It can only HELP our congressional candidates in Ohio to see him do the same.

Obama has a near bottomless reserve of cash... let Clinton continue forward as long as she wants.

I'm looking forward to seeing Indiana, North Carolina, Oregon, Kentucky, West Virginia, and the rest of America getting a taste of Barack Obama and the 50 state strategy.

C'mon, that kind of stuff comes from supporters in every camp. Part and parcel of a hard-fought primary.

a homophobe, a creep and a Clintoonista (whoops, who did that?) - and that's been just today.

Right on to this comment.

I say the same thing at The Other Place that I say here. While I'm 60/40 Obama/Clinton, we have two good, centrist candidates whose records and platforms are very similar. For me, his approach to foreign policy trumps her health care plan, because she, I believe, can push her UHC plan through the Senate to his desk. And I believe he can do better against McCain (had Romney been the nominee, I think the GE would be a cakewalk for both), I trust you feel the opposite way.

fair enough. I will say that if I see pro-Obama people making the same kinds of lame, needlessly inflammatory comments I will comment negatively on them. My larger point is that the spitball war that this place has become starts from the top.

I agree with everything you are saying from a strategic standpoint (nothing decided yet etc) but don't you think that the level of dialogue between supporters of candidates IN THE SAME PARTY is a bit over the top. I won't excuse people who take bad taste hits at Hillary any more than I will excuse the people who seem to relish tearing Obama up. I just think that the top down tone of this site has gotten unnecessarily nasty and partisan and creates the kind of nasty (and issue free) bitching we see here.

Thanks for this response. This is exactly the point. Somebody has to step up and say this is not what we need to be doing at this point in the process. And the mods have a big responsibility in this.

If only there were robust, thriving analysis here...I am not trying to get people to drop their candidate or forcibly accept Obama. I am saying that this site has sunk so low into the anti-OBama gutter that it has no pretense of objectivity any more. I do want discussion and argument. I do want people thinking for themselves. I promise you I am not a herd-thinker. But calling the Obama campaign a cult is pretty lame and frankly unhelpful to the process (and ironically appears to be a form of the cultlike totalitarianism that you decry).

And why does having a father from another country prevent you from being from Chicago?  Do you think there is something wrong with Obama's father being from Kenya, or that it somehow makes him less American?        

you really find a front page diary about what a candidates wife said helpful? And I don't think that the Obama camp went against Krugman. I think they defended themselves against his criticism (though I don't claim to be an expert on the history of that argument). And Joe Wilson endorsed Hillary but did the Obama camp go against him? not that I am aware of. Anyway, I am a reasonable Obama supporter, not a cult member or a fanatic. I am a 41 year old filmmaker, life long democrat, and generally thoughtful human being. I enjoy a good argument as much as the next guy. I just want balance somewhere and this site has been wildly unbalanced and needlessly negative.