I disagree that Obama is unfairly associated.  He is responsible for Jesse Jackson Jrs. actions and I firmly believe Clyburne as well.  Obama could have stopped it at any time (when Russert asked Biden during a debate about calling BO articulate and being accused of racism, BO stepped in right away to say "I have to represent for my friend JB, who is no racist" or something close)but we've hear NOTHING from Obama about Bill Clinton in this regard even since he has won the nomination.

Tell us MoDo, what is REALLY bothering you?

that she's totally irrelevant? and still, with all that, she gets paid the big bucks by the times, to write highschool girl tripe. and obama seems to have bought into it.

of course, conceivably, the reason he's not made the economy, which connects to every other important issue, the centerpiece of his campaign (as bill clinton so skillfully did), is because he hasn't a clue.

unfortunately (for us and the country), sen. obama isn't nearly as smart, nor has he the executive experience, that bill clinton did, when he first ran in 1992. as a consequence, he just doesn't seem to get it. "it's the economy, stupid!" was brilliant in its simplicity; everything, eventually, boils down to economics.

I think it scares the shyte out of them that Hillary is more a force to be reckoned with than she was when she started running.  And I think it terrifies them that, should Obama lose (or when he loses, depending on what one believes), Hillary will be the odds-on favorite to run in 2012 and take the White House back for the Dems.

And I sincerely believe it infuriates them that no matter what they say, the American People -- as well as the majority of Primary Voters -- ignore them and continue loving the Clintons as well as voting for Hillary instead of The One!

Hillary was accused of racial fear mongering with her 3AM ad in Texas.  Some professor from NY claimed it was all about fear of black men because there were no black children shown asleep in their beds in the ad.  He said the ad would have been perfectly fine if there had been a black child depicted in it.  

Does Barack Obama think he needs the Clintons' help this fall? And do the Clintons really want to give it to him?

The answer to both questions seems to be a resounding "no."

He does say that the despite the fact that the Clintons "can act like spoiled children" (OY!),

Obama says he wants to use his natural diplomatic skills to bring peace to the planet. But if he expects to be given a crack at it, he must first use those skills inside his own party.

At least that's the way I thought politics worked -- you go the extra mile to unify and delight your own folks.

Then again, the Obama campaign is rewriting the rules of politics for a new generation. Maybe that's why he's not especially eager to earn extra credit with the Clintons.

Obama does it. But, Gore did it, too, and it killed him.

And now, before us, is a nominee who shows little respect for and appreciation for the work of the last successful Democratic president, who seems willing to allow the systematic trashing not just of the politics of that era, but of the man himself, and then has the audacity to take advantage of Hillary Clinton's love of country and party by sending her out to fill in for him while he goes on vacation?  What's wrong with this picture?

Making matters worse is this insulting and dismissive attitude that they don't need us, so why court us?  "Us" being people who supported Hillary, Democrats who still believe that we are not "just like" Republicans.  People who do not take kindly to being told that we have nowhere else to go, so they don't need to pay attention to us.

I used to think that having a Democratic president mattered because we needed Democrats in charge at places like the DOJ and Environment and HHS and Defense and all throughout the agencies and departments, because that was how we made sure that what we believed in and what we supported were able to reach as many people as possible.  But now we have a nominee who I'm not all that sure does believe what I believe, who I'm not sure I can trust to staff the Cabinet and the agencies and the courts with people who can best serve what I believe in.

So, they don't need us?  They want to break the Democratic brand on the back of Bill and Hillary Clinton?  Sure, go ahead.  Have at it.  Knock yourselves out.  Now I'm past just sitting it out - now I'm hoping the pedestal cracks, and the Golden One fails as spectacularly as his ego is large.  

Oblivion lies ahead, with a generation and a half immunized against hope and change, a party that has re-chalked the field with the left sidelines moved to the right, no party that stands up for the largest demographics, no party that stands for active government, and an end to the African-American/progressive alliance.

Worst case, we also get a laughingstock as the first AA POTUS, and a Gingrich-type "revolution" turnover in 2010 (the base year for decennial redistricting).

Then there's that little item involving her laziness, apathy and, or, moral cowardice in connection to the pre-war "bad intelligence".

I always thought he the DESIRE to promote racial healing (which is why his only consistent support came from the black community), but the stupid Lewinsky thing got in the way.  

Also, demonizing Clyburn is just as bad as demonizing Clinton, both of them have screwed up, and neither deserves the attacks they are getting.  They are both still doing great things

Maureen Dowd is this type of person.  Without a victim, she's nothing.  She needs a new target.  Bush and Cheney are leaving soon.  What will Maureen do?  If you read about her, and read some of her writings where she reveals things about herself, you might come to the conclusion, as I did, that she's really a very odd person and one who you could almost feel sorry for if she wasn't so vicious.

Bill Clinton looks at Obama and sees his own oblivion

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Have gone all out to shill and cover for Mr. Obama.

Do not be suprised to see Dowd bash Clinton and to see Herbert make up things that don't exist in order to play the race card.

In a political campaign that is becoming increasingly dominated by economic concerns, this is political stupidity.

But let's talk about one Clinton legacy that was devastating for our party:  the decline in the infrastructure of state parties across the country which continued into the new century under Terry McAuliffe at the DNC.  People talk about Clinton as the winner, as the only Democrat to win the presidency during a conservative era.  But the fact is, he didn't bring the party with him.  

This is one area you have to admit that Obama is a big contrast to Clinton on:  he has embraced Howard Dean's 50 State Strategy (and we know the Clintons were opposed to Dean heading up the DNC from the beginning, with Carville suggesting his ouster after we WON big in '06), and is working hard to rebuild.  Here in Georgia, there are now nine field offices, one being in Cumming, GA, Forsyth County, the place where the Ku Klux Klan suit that went to the Supreme Court, took place, which is remarkable.  Georgia, of course has turned steadily red (Bill won GA in '92, but narrowly lost it in '96), and it will take years to bring it back.  But under Clintonista DNC control, it drifted, as did so many other states.