She needs to get some good sound bites prepared for the most likely tabloid trivia that the Media likes to go after.  Obama's long winded responses are his weak point.  They play well to an audience, but the lazy Media just wants something no more than thirty seconds long, if that.  So whoever produces the best sound bite will have their words repeated, free of charge.

HRC: We were both asked some pretty tough questions and that's part of what happens in a debate and in a campaign. And I know he spent all day yesterday complaining about the hard questions he was asked. Being asked tough questions in a debate is nothing like the pressures you face inside the White House.

In fact, when the going gets tough, you just can't walk away because we're going to have some very tough decisions that we have to make. I think we need a president who can take whatever comes your way. You have to stand strong; you have to fight for the American people - because it will not be easy to stand up against the special interests.

Q: So you were fine with the debate, did you see any problem with it?

HRC: Well, can I say that I've been through, what 23 of these debates? And as I recall, I was asked some pretty tough questions in nearly every one of them.

That goes with the territory, having been inside the White House, I know the pressures inside the White House, I know how hard it is every single day. When the going gets tough you can't run away. And it's going to be tough going to deal with these hard problems; getting out of Iraq in the right way, turning the economy around, getting universal health care, ending our dependence on foreign oil.

The special interests are going to be a lot tougher than 90 minutes of questions from two journalists and we need a president who is going to be up there fighting everyday for the American people and not complain about how much pressure there is, and how hard the questions are.

It's a sad day.

Bruce's site has a clip of video of Danny doing 'Sandy' this past March, his last time appearing with the band.

This is the core of Clinton's electability argument.  The guy gets one bad day of hard questions and he cannot let it go.  He's out there whining on the trail to his adoring fans, laughing about how mean and nasty ol' Clinton is, like he's the poor victim.  McCain will have no qualms about making O look like the petulant child while McCain looks like the adults.

I hope HBO doesn't can him, though if they did I'm sure Showtime might call.  Or the Playboy Channel:)

But upon further viewing of the entire clip, I don't see it that way. He specifically said all 50 states will have their say, and that he is simply the rules keeper. The Delegates don't need to follow rules except to "follow their conscience". Sounds pretty fair to me, but I certainly may be missing something.

It's very easy for McCain to disown his associate.  He will do it, if and when he needs to.  He will say, I thought I knew him, I didn't.

And people will believe him because people know that for better or worse, wrong or right, people hide their sexuality all the time.  

People are not believing Obama didn't know about how far out there Rev. Wright has been.  The soundbytes came from public promotional DVDs that were for sale by the church.

It's a very superficial comparison and I think Joe should have pointed that out.

If you don't, and you have brussels sprouts, just cut them in half pole-to-pole and cook them slowly over low heat cut side down until they caramelize {add a butter to the oil, & if you had a garlic flavored oil, yum!}.

After one tough debate, the Obama nation goes into frenzy. I hope this isn't the 'new politics of post partisainship.' It reminds me of some of the worst times in Central and South America.

OTOH the fact that they are very loud and public means that a large number of Dems who do not support Obama will know about the tactics used to secure the nomination for Obama.

Obama and his supporters who whine that HRC is attacking him like a Republican really need to get a clue. This is how they do it - sneaky, lying, despicable and below-the-radar.

Clinton rule, a conservative endorsement means she triangulates.

2 Fingers, not one

1.  Name one war in which America has fought that was not about natural resources.

2.  Name one region we have invaded where, when it was all over, we just picked up and left.