peace, luv & Obama,
lh

I think the problem with people like Cohen is that they are not risk takers.  They only say what they feel it is safe to say.  Which would also explain the past 8 years of Bush.

Uh-huh.

Of course, he is a prime target for Obama. 39, male, web developer, sexist and cynical, lives in San Francisco.

Yes, I know the technical definition.  But it's the equivalent of calling a female a "bitch".  

I know the dangers of provoking the wave of victimhood that Clinton will invoke if anyone dares to point out that she has lost. But at some point the sheer classless, graceless sore-loser tackiness of the couple requires an end to the enabling.

Obama, one fears, is too much of a gentleman. You can't always maintain class with people who have none.

How do pundits get away with this? It's a if this guy is living in a different world than I am. In his world, Clinton lost by a landslide because everybody hates her. In mine, she is within a couple percentage points of Obama and still getting superdelegates even though the odds of her winning are incredibly low. In the internet and pundit world, Clinton is an evil, selfish, greedy "bitch" who doesn't care about the party and attacks Obama mercilessly. But when I get out into the real world, Clinton is a good politician who seems to care very much about the world and the party, and the only attacks she has made on Obama involve his lack of experience,his poor associations, and his lack of political depth, which all seem fair to me. She had other opportunities to attack. Wright, Rezko, various lies in his books and speeches, not to mention the generally low tone of his campaign. She didn't. The only one I recall her highlighting is Ayers.

Meanwhile, in Obamaland, Obama is the great speaker, doing a "different" kind of politics inspiring massive rallies and bringing new people to the fold.  He is smart, optimistic, and inspirational. Then I watch a debate with him and he doesn't seem to know what he's talking about, he is verbally clumsy, he is reluctant to talk about issues to reporters, he makes some major gaffes in terms of foreign policy, and he let's his manager's run his campaign using classic Rovian dirty politics. He attacks Clinton on lack of experience, viciousness (throwing the kitchen sink at him), underhanded politics (the Africa photo), race-baiting/racism (although mostly just  his supporter's did this, he never contradicted it), arrogance, and lying. Watching him speak, he does okay when he's reciting his speeches - but whenever he has to go off paper he look uncomfortable, almost embarrassed.

First, do no research but just go with something somebody told you.  Then, when somebody tells you it's wrong, still do no research but just go with what somebody tells you again.