Here is Maureen email:

Funny how some "democrats" want the process to end for other democrats.  This is actually very exciting.  When is the last time the nominee was decided at the convention?  It certainly gets more people to pay attention sooner than October!  How can that be a bad thing?

While Hillary gets a double dose of venom, Obama sounds like a whiny kid from the me generation...entitled to everything he wants the way he wants it...from waffles to the White House.

Not an attractive portrait at all...who would want to identify with that description?

The NYT says the Clinton camp "squandered" their 20 point lead.  I don't know, but normally if you have a reasonably capable opponent in an open primary, it is more likely than not that you're going to lose some support when the other guy/gal campaigns against you especially with three times the money.

Furthermore, my big question is why after SEVEN WEEKS was it not possible for Obama to beat her in PA?  Every other big state contest that she won, one could argue that if Obama had had a bit more time he might have closed the deal.  The thing is that in this case he had PLENTY of TIME and yet he really didn't even come close in this particular contest.  That suggests to me that he definitely has a ceiling and if any of the exit polling is to be believed, that ceiling is largely formed by a lack of support from working class voters.

Which brings me to my next question which has continually nagged at me since Obama first announced his candidacy which is: Why can't the guy embrace more of an economic populist position?  What is stopping him?  He seems to recoil when anyone tries to force him in that direction and the reality is that in this race at this time in history the economy is a huge issue for most American voters.  Clinton has adapted her campaign to address voters who see themselves falling backwards economically and Obama really hasn't.  His healthcare plan is a joke imo because it is so timid, his responses to serious challenges in this economy also come across as hesitant and timid - like he is always worried what the Republicans will think or say.

Face it: HRC apparently doesn't need the press or money to win races. Obama apparently cannot win competitive races even when he has both on his side. This doesn't bode well for the possibilities of him winning the nomination or the general election. Hmmm...Somethingfor the superdelegates to consider...

To start with you know that the SD arent "overturning" anything. There role is to supplement the election result. To may agree with it, but if they just rubber stamped the results there would be no point in there existence.

let's be blunt skex, sen. obama has less than the proverbial snowball's chance of winning in nov., regardless of who supports him. his demo will disappear in the GE, swallowed up by all those white, republican voters, and he's pretty much alienated everyone else.

Some people have accountants because they need them. Ever know anyone too disabled to handle their own finances? Ever tried caring for a disabled family member whose finances are a mess? Ever tried handling the business of a family member who has died?

Ever been serving yet another tour of duty in Iraq with the National Guard and you have to file your taxes? Ever been out of the country on a medical mission and had to do your taxes?

Ever run a non-profit? Ever run a business, especially one that isn't doing too well? Ever run a family farm?

Ever had to ask an accountant for help because the tax code is so fncked up and unfair?

Obviously not. Congratulations. May you never need the help of accountant because your life has taken a hard left turn into disaster.

It is now clear that her only hope of winning is that there are enough rednecks who simply won't vote for Obama in the fall to extort the superdelegates into throwing him under the bus. The problem is these people won't own their feelings in public, which was about 6% of PA voters.

I really don't think the Democrat Party should give in to this ignorance. Simple principle should demand that Clinton drop out, declare her support of Obama and the party, and we all move forward with the clear message that racism will no longer dictate our course. If the country would rather have 4 more years of Bush than a black man, we deserve whatever indignities McCain would bring upon us.

This is not a "huge" victory.  The fact that Obama outspent her 3 to 1 in her home state means what?  

Not much to brag about here for the Clinton campaign.  

Unfortunately, the MSM or the blogs do little to frame the election in class terms. For example, what are the distributional consequences of an Obama victory? It would seem to me that MDs/MBAs/JDs would still be able to collect a rent based on their sheet of embossed gilded paper; the white working class would see its jobs outsourced; the black working class would be lectured on Crosby-ite morals while their jobs are being exported (much like his "Cousin Pookie" riffs which seemed to be re-treaded from Shelby Steele's "Shiftless Sam"); and the small but credentialed black upper class might have its opportunities expand. It's becoming increasingly obvious that folks who collect an "advanced degree rent" have little interest in, but a good deal of distain for, those who have a trade. One might call it a hierarchy of "expertise" where the expertise is typically embodied in face-to-face interaction and is hence less prone to export.  

He came within a few points, ahead by some polls, and then things shook out when she pumped in her ads at the very end.  She hit the sweet spot.

She got dinged for being negative because of bittergate, but it dang well got Bosnia off the front page.