I wanted you to be one of the first to know: on Saturday, I will hold an event in Washington D.C. to thank everyone who has supported my campaign. Over the course of the last 16 months, I have been privileged and touched to witness the incredible dedication and sacrifice of so many people working for our campaign. Every minute you put into helping us win, every dollar you gave to keep up the fight meant more to me than I can ever possibly tell you.

On Saturday, I will extend my congratulations to Senator Obama and my support for his candidacy. This has been a long and hard-fought campaign, but as I have always said, my differences with Senator Obama are small compared to the differences we have with Senator McCain and the Republicans.

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One of the ironies of this campaign is the role some prominent players and issues in the current drama played in the past. We have heard about the fact that Harold Ickes was the primary champion of caucuses and proportional allocation of delegates. As Chris Bowers notes, the most important reason Barack Obama won (not Iraq, though I wish it was and am willing to help create that myth) was the brilliant plan the Obama campaign executed in caucuses in Red States. And credit to the Obama campaign and discredit to the Clinton campaign for that.

Now I am not as old as some, but the biggest upset in political history I can remember was not Obama's win, despite that new myth, but George McGovern's win in 1972. Wikipedia has an interesting article on the 1972 race and convention and some interesting name, themes and issues pop up:

What I like best about tonight is how upset the Media is about it. I do not know if I have written this before, but I really do not like the Media.

BTW, for those who want to insult me, Jeralyn, TalkLeft etc., why waste your time? Your comments are going to be deleted anyway. Go enjoy the victory parties at the other blogs instead.

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This is an Open Thread. But it is also an explanation for why I feel Barack Obama should give Hillary Clinton some space tonight.

Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee for President. Yes, this is historic - an African American will be our nominee. It is something for our Party to be proud of. But a different dream will die tonight, and I would hope Obama and his supporters will be sensitive to it. The chance of a woman being our Presidential nominee in this election will die tonight. For many women, this is a hard night because of it.

The night of the first debate when only Obama and Clinton were left standing was one of our proudest. And it was not just because of Barack Obama. It was also because of Hillary Clinton. Remember women and fathers of daughters (like me) who still must dream of the day when a woman will be our Presidential nominee. That dream must NEVER die. I would hope Obama and his supporters will have a thought about that tonight. Not just the history made. But the history NOT made.

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I have not a clue what to expect from South Dakota and Montana, and will not even venture a guess. But you can give it a shot. I will make one prediction - a lot of people are going to say a lot of nice things about Hillary Clinton tonight.

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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.

Atrios writes:

Deep Thought

Your candidate's supporters suck.

Here is a deeper thought -- your candidate NEEDS the sucky supporters of the other candidate to win in November.

Will the Dems learn this anytime soon?

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Mike Lux at Open Left delivers it:

Some people who agree with me on the need to appeal to [white working class] voters believe that we have to move to the right to win them over. I don't believe that is true. On economic issues, they are far more populist than what passes for "centrism" in Washington, D.C. And while they are more conservative on social issues, I like to remind people that Bill Clinton in 1996- after a term where he pushed for gays in the military, enacted a ban on employment discrimination against gays and lesbians in federal government employment, vetoed a partial-birth abortion ban, and signed two gun control bills- won the highest percentage of both working class and rural voters of any Democratic Presidential candidate of the last 44 years. He won those voters by reaching out to them politically, and by speaking their language. The second best percentage among those voters in this period? Clinton in 1992.

(Emphasis supplied.) With the Creative Class blogs intent on destroying the Clinton wing of the Democratic Party, this is timely advice.

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It's embarrassing to see that these women, who call themselves "White Women for Obama" are from my home state.

[Janice]Francis and two of her friends, Elana Hanson and Pam Clausen, wore T-shirts they designed and sold that said "ColoradObama." Francis and Hanson are trying to get elected as delegates from the 5th District.

..."We're white women for Obama," Clausen said.
"Oprah's the one who got us turned on to him," Francis said.

There are 70 pages of Obama wannabe delegates and 46 pages of Hillary hopefuls, 1,500 people in all, competing for 12 delegate slots and 2 alternate positions. Hopefully these three won't be among them.

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The RCP OR and KY polling info. Tell me what it means.

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There is a famous truism that politics ends at the waters' edge. George W. Bush trampled that much trumpeted principle to engage in a vile McCarthyistic attack on Barack Obama before the Israeli Knesset.

Not only is George W. Bush the worst President in history, he is the most tasteless and disgusting.

What a shameful episode for our Nation that this travesty of a President was elected to the highest office in our land. He will always remain a stain in our history.

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Tell us what you know about today's West Virginia race or anything. I'll add anything I find out in this post.

I saw a Fox flash that 70% of WV voters said Hillary Clinton shares their values. 45% say Obama shares their values.

63% say Clinton is honest. 47% say Obama is honest. [More...]