By Big Tent Democrat

Via Blogometer, Mike Lux writes:

[W]e've reached that juncture where it seems better for us to turn our attention to defining McCain rather than carving up each other."

Due respect to Mike, what is stopping you? Unless the us is the candidates, I see no reason why any person, Media organ or blogger who wants to turn their attention to McCain can not do so. What's stopping them?

NBC and bloggers, from list A to Z, are all proclaiming Hillary can not win. Then do not sweat the contest. What's the worry? That Hillary is going to question Obama's experience? Oooooh. And gawd knows John McCain won't right? Morever, are you sure the Media will defend Obama as they do now when Hillary is not his opponent?

A lot of folks are going to be in for a rude awakening if/when Obama gets the nomination and they discover their new BFFs in the Media are not so nice when a Clinton is not the opponent.

By Big Tent Democrat

CNN calls Rhode Island for Hillary. J. went for dinner. Treat this as an Open Thread.

By Big Tent Democrat

Here's mine:

Clinton by 10 in Ohio. Clinton by 14 in RI. Obama by 30 in Vermont. Obama by 2 in Texas.

The first three are fairly conventional. But why do I think Obama wins in Texas? Because Zogby said Clinton would win Texas. Kidding. I'll tell you why. Because I think African American turnout will be through the roof, swamping every other factor in its path. That's the reason.

What are your predictions?

TalkLeft, Taylor Marsh, No Quarter, Corrente Wire and Left Coaster are not the only progressive blogs where some of the authors and/or most of the commenters prefer Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama for President. Some blogs have explicitly endorsed her. At others, individual authors express their personal beliefs. Some even strive to provide fair coverage.

Here are some to check out:

• Confluence by River's Daughter
• Anglachel's Journal
• No More Apples
• Donna Darko
• Democratic Daily

Recommended post of the day: Factory Workers at Sunrise. (Hat tip to Katie Bird.)

By Big Tent Democrat

Open Thread. No scurrilous rumormongering please.

Your turn. This is an Open Thread.

Good post from Matt Stoller.

By Big Tent Democrat

Your turn. Go Gators! Beat the MSU Bulldogs!

This is an Open Thread.

Update (TL): What a great surprise. I just got back from taking the TL kid to dinner (to celebrate his taking the Colorado bar exam Tues and Weds) and there are contributions from so many of you -- big and small -- all are very appreciated. More people donated today than ever before. Even the $5.00 donations are appreciated. All of you have been a huge help given our traffic surge the past week which has overwhelmed our server. Our second server should now be in place. Thanks to all of you.

By Big Tent Democrat

Congrats to Hillary and very likely to Obama for their record fundraising. Now how about a little bit for TalkLeft?

Site traffic has boomed raising costs significantly. The links are available on the right hand side.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Update, snail mail and anonymous donation details below:

Due to the volume of people trying to access TalkLeft during live events like debates, our server has had "issues" to say the least. The site slows down and often becomes inaccessible. One reason is there are controls on how many people can try to access it at once so the server doesn't crash. TalkLeft is on its own server and it's a big and powerful one, but it's just not enough to handle the intense traffic bursts that these events bring. Also, the average time visitors spend on TalkLeft is huge compared to other sites...almost 5 minutes.

In anticipation of Tuesday's election night, we're adding another server today to share the load. Colin at Scoophost, our webmaster, is also tweaking some other things.

Normally we'd do this at night, so that if the site goes down during the process, fewer readers will notice. But, we're doing it now.

Should the site go down today, that's why and it will be back up as soon as any kinks get ironed out.

Thanks for your patience and your readership. And yes, site donations are always appreciated.

You can use this as another open thread if you'd like.

Via Attorney D.D. in MO:

The George W. Bush Presidential Library is now in the planning stages. Surely, you'll want to be the first to make a contribution to this great man's legacy.

The library will include:

• The Hurricane Katrina Room , which is still under construction.

• The Alberto Gonzales Room, where you can't remember anything.

• The Texas Air National Guard Room, where you don't have to even show up.

• The Walter Reed Hospital Room, where they don't let you in.

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By Big Tent Democrat

More thread.

By Big Tent Democrat

An Open Thread to continue ongoing debates or commence new ones. Go Gators! Beat the Bulldogs!

NOTE - This thread is at 215. Now closed. New thread above.