Fantasma, your analysis of the Democratic Party's overall strategy right now is fascinating! And I think you are probably dead right. They would like, if at all possible, to start mending fences now between Hillary's supporters and Obama's supporters, and they are attempting to orchestrate that fine-tuned strategy you allude to. This has escaped the attention of people here who are caught up in and distracted by the ongoing media drama of "Bad Girl Hillary...Good Guy Obama"...as if the Democratic Party Machine gave a hoot about bad or good anything as long as they get themselves elected in November! (with either Hillary or Obama as the candidate).

"It is the end game, but it is a very delicate--and volatile-- situation. The Democrats know they need the Clinton vote to win in November."

Exactly. Now the question is, how do they get it? How do they undo the tremendous damage and rancour and bad feelings that have been stirred up throughout the length of this campaign and get Hillary's people to back Obama in November?

That's a very tricky prospect, and it will require some very careful maneuvering and full cooperation from the Clintons to pull it off.

It's like watching a really bad soap opera approach the conclusion of the final season's finale. ;-) Tacky, tacky, tacky...but, oh! The emotional tension! The viewers just can't tear themselves away.

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Ron, you said:

McCain has 3 problems, any of which can cost him the election.

1) Sour mood of the country--voting pocketbooks means throw Mr. Bush's party out. Democrats are ostensibly in charge in Congress. Yet look at the most recent special elections. They're tossing Republicans out---in Republican districts.

2) He's tied to GWB--instant revulsion.

3) He has to reach beyond his base--but he can't. Every time he does, his base threatens to desert.

a)   illegal immigration
b) climate change
c) meaningful health-care reform


Yes, Ron...but you forgot the 4rth problem McCain has...

The biggest one of all...

The one that will most certainly doom him at the polls...

The final kiss of death to any slender chance he might EVER have had of being elected president...










He does not have the support of Ron Davies! ;-)