As I said in the last thread, some Obama supporters appear to confuse "Unity" with "submission."

[There is an] authentic, deep anger among Clinton supporters.

Rumors abound that the Obama campaign will co-opt Hillary -- by offering her a graceful exit with a HHS Cabinet post from which she can direct health-care reform. Whether that will work is anybody's guess, but one thing seems pretty sure to me.

This was not only a great peak at the backroom dealings of the political machine, it was foretelling of what's to come form the great savior of our party - Nothing.

It is not only sexist. It is racist and ageist too.

I know many men of all ages, and met many AA, Hispanic and Asian women yesterday outside the DNC meeting yesterday who were extremely incensed by the outcome of it. They weren't all Clinton supporters even.

I am a male in my 20s and I am equally angry about what has transpired during this nominating process.

The fact that the TV networks show videos of older women with extremely passionate views and support for Clinton is what fits with the narrative -- however misguided it is -- that her sole support comes from middle-aged and elderly white women.

It's total bollocks. She has huge numbers of students, AAs, Latinos, Asians of both sexes of all ages who support her and will continue to support her for as long as she's in it. Many of them will NOT support Obama just because he's been shoved down their throats as the party's nominee.

It sounds like his desire to see Obama elected has gotten the best of him once again.

You don't start Civil Wars and then suddenly look to call ceasefires arbitrarily. To the overwhelming majority of Clinton supporters (and to the GOP), the Obama camp and it's supporters in the media and beyond have done everything in their power to burn bridges at every opportunity. The RFK debacle was just another example. And so, the aftereffects of this strategy will have to be lived with by the Obamans.

Things are likely to dramatically shift now. There are no more committees to be rigged our states to be disenfranchised. And thus, the reality that Clinton supporters constitute the majority of the party and that we hold the fate of Obama in our hands (well, somewhat; even if all of us voted for him he might still lose in November) is now coming to the fore of the minds of those who were calling us all sorts of names only days ago.

I do not envy the Obamans' position, and I have no great words of encouragement for your predicament. All I can say is in the future, please remember this phrase:

If you live by the sword you will die by the sword

Unifying the party will be up to Obama (if he's the nominee).

And it's just nonsense to claim "there's nothing he can do" to unify the party.

If Obama is the nominee, I still plan on voting for him.  But he, and his campaign, make this harder every day.

People will automatically forget that they have been called racists, uneducated, low class, low information voters who are not necessary to the NEW Democratic Party. They will forget that Obama has put SS on the table, ran "poison pill"  ads against UHC, wants to have a foreign policy like Reagan, has stated that he might put Republicans in the positions of Sec. of Defense and State, has a Republican on his short list for VP, believes that Republicans have better ideas regarding government regulations and education, voted in favor of Cheney's Energy policy, introduced a liquified coal bill which Gore said was horrible, supports nuclear energy without being aware of  the dangers such as Hanford and has supported disenfranchising two swing states.

People will automatically forget that the NEW Democratic remained silent or contributed to the sexist attacks and the demonization of Hillary until it no longer mattered and then make a few token comments. People will automatically forget that the NEW Democratic remained silent or contributed painting the Clintons and large segments of the party as racists and claiming that the Clinton presidency was as bad for America as Bush's current administration.

People will ignore the fact the Obama campaign, his surrogates and his supporters continue the attacks on Hillary and continue their insults of voters who do not support Obama.

Vague demands of Obama bringing the party together are all well and good.  But what can he specifically do to further that goal at this point?

Until Hillary concedes, any sort of appeal to Hillary supporters will be received by them as arrogance since he isn't the nominee yet.

Both. Not just Obama. Not just Clinton. Both. Unity.