NOTE: My original title to this post was "Obama blog "Let's Unify, You Lying Idiots!" It was deemed inappropriate for this blog and thus was edited to the current title.

It took some chutzpah for this blogger to write this post:

We have to reunite our party in time to successfully take on John McCain. [...] Hillary and her team have successfully changed the national mood, of Hillary's supporters, at least, from one of disappointment that their candidate lost, to one of outright anger . . . Yeah, there's been some sexism by irrelevant third parties, but I just don't [care] . . .

(Emphasis supplied.) Ok, I pulled an Aravosis there, he did not say "care." But then again, the blogger has never been married to the truth when it comes to Hillary. He is still at it today, falsely calling Hillary a liar. But oh btw, we have to unify. That blogger is just shameless and disrespectful of the truth. He is calling for unity? Please spare us your "calls for unity." Some of us hear enough insults as it is.

Speaking for me only

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Senator Edward Kennedy is undergoing a risky six hour surgery at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina.

Send good thoughts his way.

Hot off the press and only available at TalkLeft: Peniel Cronin's revised Caucus v. Primary report with numbers updated to today, showing how the caucuses, compared to primaries, have unfairly disenfranchised voters. (Background and original report here.)

I want this report to get as much exposure as possible. Thus, this post will stay at the top of TalkLeft for several hours. New posts will be below it.

Some Findings:

• 35.6 million people have voted
• The 37 primary states account for 97% of the vote.
• The 13 caucus states account for 3% of the vote.

Bottom line: Clinton’s lead is from 34.5 million voters (97%) in Primaries. Obama’s lead is from 1.1 million voters (3%) in caucuses. [More...]

Just for fun, ARG has some incredible polling for Clinton in South Dakota and Montana:

South Dakota

Clinton 60
Obama 34

Um what?

Montana

Clinton 44
Obama 48

Hmmm. It is ARG, but just for fun.

By Big Tent Democrat

Kathleen Reardon asks:

Why would a Hillary Clinton supporter vote for McCain? It does seem ludicrous. After all, he represents four to eight more years of George W. Bush. The country can't afford that.

. . . Yet why not turn the question around? If keeping McCain out of the White House is vital to America, why, despite what's touted as Hillary Clinton's "baggage," would Barack Obama not want her as the vice presidential candidate any less than she, as the nominee, would want him in that spot if it made a McCain win unlikely? Revenge? Not good enough. Disdain for a woman who criticized him as not ready to be president?

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I wonder if this is really what Barack Obama thinks:

Some Democrats have created Web sites to promote what they see as one solution -- an Obama-Clinton "dream ticket" -- but senior advisers in both campaigns see little chance of that happening. A big reason, they agree: the wild card of having Bill Clinton, a former president and one whose campaign statements have sparked repeated controversies, as part of the package.

(Emphasis supplied.) Excuse me? Having Bill Clinton, the last two term Democratic President, involved and campaigning for an Obama Presidency is a BAD thing? Is this the thinking in the Obama inner circle? Is purging the Clinton Wing of the Democratic Party the official policy of the Barack Obama campaign? If it is, he is going to lose.

By Big Tent Democrat, speaking for me only

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You heard this one before right? The Super Delegates will decide the Democratic Presidential nominee for President. And indeed, they almost already have. Since May 6, Hillary Clinton has gained 55 more pledged delegates than Barack Obama. But Barack Obama has gained in the neighborhood of 75 more automatic delegates than Hillary Clinton. Thus, while Obama has a 51%-48% lead among pledged delegates, he has around a 62%-38% lead among the super delegates. In terms of the popular vote, my own count, I will spare you from my explanation again, has Obama leading by approximately 20,000 votes out of over 36,000,000 cast. In essence, a popular vote tie.

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The best article I've read on the Saturday debacle of the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting in which it decided to seat Michigan and Florida delegates with 1/2 vote each and award delegates who voted for Hillary to Barack Obama, is Dana Milbank's in the Washington Post.

It's a great read, you will feel like you were in the room witnessing the dissension, the childishness and the pettiness of all involved, from the committee members to Rep. Robert Wexler, and the resentment it caused among the spectators, which by now has spread across the party.

It also brings home the utter political stupidity of the committee's final ruling. I'll put a few quotes below, but there are so many more just go read the whole thing. [More...]

Yves Saint Laurent has died at 71. He is credited with, among other things, introducing the pantsuit to American women. Above is one of his jackets I loved to wear.

Since Geraldo was on tv tonight saying Hillary got "screwed" yesterday by the DNC, that she has won the popular vote and is the better candidate, I thought I'd share this photo of Geraldo and me from 1998 in which I'm wearing the pictured YSL jacket.

R.I.P. Mr. Saint Laurent. I really did love your clothes. This is a late night open thead, but see the caveat below [More...]:

Real Clear Politics as of 10 pm ET:

• Votes with Michigan and Florida as cast: Hillary leads by Clinton 303,785.

• Votes with Michigan and Florida as cast and the cacus states estimates for WA, IA, ME and NV which didn't keep track: Hillary leads by 193,563.

• Votes with Florida and Michigan, with uncommitted in Michigan going to Obama: Hillary leads by 65,617.

• Obama is only ahead if you give him the uncommitted in Michigan and count the above caucus states, and then it's by 44,605.

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Atrios writes:

Deep Thought

If the fine people of Puerto Rico don't vote for Obama in November, he's doomed.

Here's a deep thought - Democrats making fun of the votes of the American citizens in Puerto Rico is not going to help Barack Obama win the votes of Americans citizens from Puerto Rico residing in Florida, New York, Massachusetts and yes, even in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

I expect this type of stuff from NBC, not from so called progressive blogs. Yes, I found it offensive.

Speaking for me only.

I love Markos, he's a very good friend, but this has to be the funniest version of the popular vote total.

By the way, in the real popular vote, including Florida which the DNC now accepts, and excluding Michigan, which the DNC now rejects, and including the caucus states (which Clinton and her camp want to disenfranchise), the numbers currently are Obama +183,067.

So, the DNC wants to count delegates from Michigan, including awarding 4 delegates to Obama that Hillary won, but give her none of the 328,309 votes she won in the state certified election?

Telling 328,309 voters from Michigan who voted for Hillary their vote doesn't count because another candidate voluntarily removed himself from the ballot has to be one of the dumbest moves ever.

From the Real Clear Politics popular vote total link that Markos cites :