FERRARO:  <sweetly>  I intend to do precisely what Michelle Obama said when she was asked that exact same question if Hillary were the nominee.  I intend to think about it, and I'm going to look at a whole bunch of issues.  Part of it is -- and obviously, the Democratic National Committee thinks that was a good idea because nobody objected to her saying that in February.

Which got me to thinking that I've NEVER, not once, heard snarky derisive comments made about Obama on TV with everybody laughing along.  Not once.  Not ever.  Hillary's fair game for any crude humor, but Obama is treated like sacred territory.

Florida Democrats call for 50/50 delegate split, end to racially divisive remarks

WHO: Prominent Miami-Dade and Broward civic leaders and Democrats including Miami-Dade Democratic Party Faith Outreach Committee Chairman Gary Johnson, Democratic activist,  Christopher Norwood, City of Riviera Beach Mayor Thomas Masters, clergy including Rev. Carl Johnson, Rev. Johnny Barber, Rev. Alphonso Jackson and Rev. C.P. Preston, and supporters, along with State Sen. Frederica Wilson (invited).

WHAT: Press conference calling on the DNC to apportion Florida's delegates equally

WHEN: Thursday, May 29th at 10:30 a.m.

WHERE: Joseph Caleb Center,
              5400 NW 22nd Ave, Miami
              in front of the Media Center

On Thursday, May 29th, more than 200 South Florida Democrats will hold a press conference denouncing statements likening the fight to seat Florida's delegates to the anti-slavery and civil rights movements, and to state that Florida voters want no part in a politicized delegate fight.

"As African-Americans, we resent references being made to the Voting Rights Act and to slavery, when what this is, is a political fight," Sen. Wilson said. "I truly feel that if the scale were tilted the other way, we wouldn't even be having this discussion." Sen. Hillary Clinton won 49.8% of the January 29 vote versus 32.9% for Sen. Barack Obama, and Obama leads the overall delegate race.

At the press conference, the group will present a copy of the agreements signed by seven of the eight original Democratic presidential candidates, in which they pledged not to campaign in Florida and acknowledging that the primary would not count for the purposes of delegate selection.

"You can't change the rules at the end of the game, and then try to say you're fighting for us," said Gary Johnson. "This is not about fighting for us. It's about one candidate wanting to change the rules to her benefit, and to speak for voters without asking what we want."

The group is calling on the DNC Rules Committee to seat Florida's delegates to the 2008 Democratic convention by dividing the delegation equally between the leading candidates "If what both sides want is fairness, than let's have the fairest possible result," Norwood said. "We all want our state delegation seated, but we want them apportioned equally between the two candidates, so that nobody gains an advantage from the mess that was made by the Republicans, the DNC, and the Democrats who voted to move up Florida's election date."

"The point here is that we do want our votes counted," Wilson said. "But we knew going into the election on January 29 what the rules were. The only reason people are looking to change those rules now is to benefit one candidate over the other, and that's not fair."

Is it possible that Obama has a certain perspective on Government that would help a Clinton White House be better than it would otherwise be without him?

Is it possible that Clinton has a certain perspective on government that would make an Obama White House better than it would otherwise be without her?

Clinton does have the Foreign Policy experience, yes, more than just tea parties, she has that down, but wait.  Obama DOES provide a fresh face to the outside world.

Obama believes his strong hand is cleaning up government, eliminating conflicts of interest.  Transparency.  Clinton believes her strong hand is job creation.  And budget control.

Clinton has a more aggressive health care plan, but can't Obama help here with that?  She may have learned her lesson about being too secretive, but he is still someone who can reach out across the aisle on that issue without that history.

These are all the things I would be talking about to convince people that Unity ticket was necessary.

It also has the therapeutic affect of forcing two groups of supporters into realizing that their candidate is not perfect, and that those imperfections are nullified with a co-presidency of sorts.

Pollyannaish.  Maybe so.  What I do know is that while Gore helped Clinton with Tennessee in terms of electability, Gore also did something I fully concede, as great as I think Clinton was, I think Clinton's administration was made even better with Gore's participation.  I think Clinton would have been less inclined to focus on some of the environmental issues.

Here is an example of a government I was very proud of a long time ago:

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And I'd fully concede that without Gore in the White House, Clinton would have been less inclined to make these kinds of investments.

Now that I've said all that, I stand by my opinion that I think the primary is too toxic for our two candidates to reconcile as such.  The party is divided.  See above for potential solution.

Well, no, actually. The likes of Alton Parker, James Cox, John Davis and Al Smith were dramatically more qualified than Senator Obama is.

Thus I find it amusing that fox is now running a story about how conservative bloggers got a rachel ray ad removed because her scarf reminded them of terrorists and was thereby insensitive.

AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!

You have to look at the origination arguments each candidate made against the other, and each set of supporters made against the other.

A lot of things have transpired since the begining of the Primary, but from day 1, the lynchpin of Clinton's attack on Obama was that he, just simply, wasn't ready yet.

The lynchpin of Obama's attack on Clinton was that she is untrustworthy.  

The attack on Obama was skills-based.

The attack on Clinton was character-based.

So it's simple.  Clinton supporters will not reward the character attack.

It won't be rewarded.  Nor should it be.  

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Then I tried to read the comments.  It was like pouring milk into the last cup of coffee in the house and watching it curdle.  Substance discarded in favor of yelling "Yeah?  Well, YOUR candidate sleeps with a teddy bear!".

Lordy, lordy, lordy.  This is what the blogosphere has come to?  These are Teh Elites?

Everytime Obama tries to minimize an issue, it just screams "I'm immature and I can do what I want" to me.