You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may tread me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I'll rise.

This is not the first time you have seen Hillary Clinton seemingly at her wits' end, but she has always risen, always risen, don't forget she has always risen, much to the dismay of her adversaries and the delight of her friends.

Hillary Clinton will not give up on you and all she asks of you is that you do not give up on her.

There is a world of difference between being a woman and being an old female. If you're born a girl, grow up, and live long enough, you can become an old female. But to become a woman is a serious matter. A woman takes responsibility for the time she takes up and the space she occupies. Hillary Clinton is a woman. She has been there and done that and has still risen. She is in this race for the long haul. She intends to make a difference in our country. Hillary Clinton intends to help our country to be what it can become.

She declares she wants to see more smiles in the family, more courtesies between men and women, more honesty in the marketplace. She is the prayer of every woman and man who longs for fair play, healthy families, good schools, and a balanced economy.

She means to rise.

Don't give up on Hillary. In fact, if you help her to rise, you will rise with her and help her make this country the wonderful, wonderful place where every man and every woman can live freely without sanctimonious piety and without crippling fear.

Rise, Hillary.

I've done an analysis in a spreadsheet of the Democratic delegate race that people might find interesting.  It's what I believe Obama needs to do to win the nomination, state-by-state, must notably winning California.  I'll have the Republican race up tomorrow on my blog.

i have to wonder if the reasoning behind that (to get those states to ratify the constitution), had some comparable affect on the iowa/nevada caucus issue?

This is just like the Hillary camp having no problem with the at-large caucuses in Nevada... until UNITE-HERE endorsed Obama.

Any candidate with a popular vote total less than 15% would be eliminated.

In a state with 7 electors in a three candidate race with a 20%, 35% and 45% vote distribution the electors would be distributed as 20% (1 elector), 35% (2 electors), 45% (3 electors) and one elector unassigned.

Same state with a 12%, 42% and 46% distribution the electors are distributed as 12%  (0), 42% (3), 46% (3) and one unassigned elector.

The Senate (one of the most "undemocratic" institutions in the free world, where two of the senators represent 40 million people) and the rules for approving new constitutional amendments are two examples.

It's perfectly reasonable to tailor a caucus as Nevada did.  They wanted candidates to get out into rural areas and campaign, which they actually did.  You might not have set up a caucus that way, but it's a perfectly reasonable system to have.

But this is probably way beyond the people on this site, it seems like it's full of Hillary fanboys.  If you get your way we will have a loss in the general, or in the unlikely event that Hillary beats McCain, 8 years of this kind of politics:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/19/162953/644/790/439573