Obama told reporters Thursday he thought the negotiations with Clinton aides had gone "seamlessly," but he also rejected the notion that there might be a need for emotional release on the part of some Democrats.

"I don't think we're looking for catharsis," said Obama. "I think what we're looking for is energy and excitement."

Edwards was the hero of the poor.  He claimed that he wanted the others to push for those issues after he left the race.  Hillary picked up his mantle and did a better job than he did or could have done.  Yet, he always had this sanctimonious air about him when it came to Hillary and Bill.  Somehow that they were not clean enough for him to be soiled.  

His endorsement after West Virginia was a real kick in the teeth to Hillary.  So, how deep is his misogyny.  He betrays his wife that he uses for political PR, he betrays his lover and he betrays Hillary.  Frankly, this is making me sick, cause I believed that he cared for poor people.  

Yet, his endorsement for Obama was to save his skin.  Imagine if he did not endorse Obama and this came out?  
Imagine if he did not run?  Imagine .....I am really getting angry.  I don't care truly about what people do with their genitals.  But this is making me mad.  

...May great courage accompany those willing to cross the River of Sorrow.
May all who read these words be freed from the bondage of fear and denial.
May our eyes remain open even in the face of tragedy.
May we not become disheartened.
May we find in the dissolution of our apathy and denial, the cup of the broken heart.
May we discover the gift of the ire burning is the inner chamber of our being-burning scat and bright enough to transform any poison.
May we offer the power of our sparrow to the service of something greater than ourselves.
May our guilt not rise up to form yet another defensive wall.
May the suffering purify and not paralyze us.
May we endure; may sorrow bond us and not separate us.
May we realize the greatness of our sorrow and not run from its touch or
Its flame.
May clarity be our ally and wisdom our support.
May our wrath be cleansing, cutting through the confusion of denial and greed.
May we not be afraid to see or speak our truth.
May the bleakness of the wasteland be dispelled.
May the soul's journey be revealed and the true hunger fed.
May we be forgiven for what we have forgotten and blessed with the remembrance of who we really are.

A survey of 500 likely voters taken Tuesday by Rasmussen Reports puts Democrat Barack Obama ahead of Republican John McCain 47% to 43%. That four-point gap is down from an 11-point Obama lead measured by the same pollster a month earlier. The new poll's margin of error is plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.

It was also the second Wisconsin survey this week to put Obama's lead in the mid-single digits, after five June and July polls put Obama ahead by double digits.

Both my Hillary Teeshirts arrived today. Yeah!
I am torn between framing both or wearing one of them every day until November.

My discontent has not been assuaged by the DNC or the Obama campaign one bit. My disillusionment with my former political party goes as deep as it gets. The DNC simply doesn't represent the likes of me anymore.

Anyway, I hope the Edwards' come out OK on the other side. I think they will.

This all needs to stop.  I share your bad feeling.