Total class. Pelosi rocks!

Pelosi... talked about Hillary's candidacy as being "history."

Er, that's a rather uncharitable interpretation of Pelosi's remarks. I respectfully suggest that you change that wording, Greg, lest it reflect poorly on you as a reporter.

THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS!! FOR HILLARY!!!

I live in Pelosi's, Boxer's and Feinstein's district.

She's overstepped. Being in a leadership position in the House gives her reason to be more circumspect in how she behaves publicly. This was premature and a poke in the eye to Clinton supporters. She should be ashamed.

One more reason I urge all 18 million Clinton supporters to sit out the election.

Democratic Conscientious Objectors unite!

Thanks Nancy! "And now we have a nominee..." I had to clap alone in front of my computer. Come on over Howie and Al and the rest.

I know what Hillary wants now, she wants Obama to name Kathleen Sebelius his VP.

The train wheels are starting to turn.

Clinton and her diehards can still hop aboard, or just stand there and wait for their own train to come by and pick them up.

Hillary and her supporters had me thinking today about "Hotel New Hampshire" and the absurd feminists in that novel. They all chose to cut out their tongues in honor of this female abuse victim who had suffered the same fate...Just reminded my of the HRC idiots for some reason.

the nuts are comming out!
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/police-shut-down-assassination-art-exhibition/

And from our esteemed statesman Jimmy Carter (from the Guardian):

Barack Obama should not pick Hillary Clinton as his vice-presidential nominee, former president Jimmy Carter has told the Guardian.

"I think it would be the worst mistake that could be made," said Carter. "That would just accumulate the negative aspects of both candidates."

Carter, who formally endorsed the Illinois senator last night, cited opinion polls showing 50% of US voters with a negative view of Clinton.

In terms that might discomfort the Obama camp, he said: "If you take that 50% who just don't want to vote for Clinton and add it to whatever element there might be who don't think Obama is white enough or old enough or experienced enough or because he's got a middle name that sounds Arab, you could have the worst of both worlds."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/04/uselections2008

Now, all we need is for Pelosi to ENDORSE, for Pete's sake. Come on - lead by example...

About goddamned time!

And Greg, I have to quibble with your wording, "Pelosi crowned Obama the nominee." That sounds like a coronation, and that's absolutely not what this election has been about. He earned it with every delegate, and he's as far from an heir to the throne as possible.

Clinton's speech: Remarkable--what Jeff Toobin described as "deranged narcissism".

This speech--its very essence--was predicted on May 23rd:

Why Hillary should not be VP:

From "Head of State"

http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/05/head-of-state-reasons-that-hillary.html

Friday, May 23, 2008

Head of State: The Reasons That Hillary Should Not Be Vice President

Regarding Hillary Clinton as Barack Obama's running mate:

Originally, this seemed to be a potentially plausible choice--and if presented in the following way, could turn her divisive campaign into a potential coup as a VP candidate. The thinking was the following:

Hillary has run a divisive campaign. Now, just as the nation should mend its divisions in favor a greater unity that would serve the greater needs of our country, so now they would explicitly put these divisions behind them, in the interests of the unity that this nation, after a bitter and divisive Administration, is so in need of. This would serve as a powerful and vibrant example of the very ability to unify that Obama both offers and represents.

However, this would require a candidate that was willing to take such a position of relative shared selflessness in the interests of a greater good. While the Vice Presidency certainly offers its honors (now far beyond the "warm pitcher" of John Vance Garner's famous phrase) and positioning for later Presidential aspirations, such a plan would require the ability to think in terms of a shared effort based on the betterment of the nation, rather than in more grasping, combative and singular terms.

The Clinton camp's behavior over this past week has made such a positive scenario clearly untenable, showcasing the same characteristics that have signified her campaign throughout its long, chaotic march--its contradictions of previous statements when such changes have a slight possibility of adding a week or two of vitality, its sudden and implausible use of populist guises and specious historical parallels for transparently opportunistic purposes, its near-hallucinogenic transmogrifications of personality and central bases for further continuation,
and the central campaign tendency to place personal attainment over virtually all values that lay in its path.

These characteristics--self over nation, positioning over a consistent presentation of position, values and even self, the willingness to put personal viability over the need to transcend and transform the vast wreckage of state and international relations that remains at this critical time--are as present now, at a moment when wisdom rather than a remorseless, obdurate desperation could fill this gap, as they have been throughout much of the campaign. They would continue to make themselves present during a Clinton campaign for vice president, complicating, diminishing and often distracting from, in trivial internecine battles, the message of unity and change.

Perhaps Clinton could adopt a more unifying, integrated and less grasping position on the VP subject. However, thus far, the actions of the Clinton camp have made it clear: It's time to clean the slate. Hillary Clinton should not be the Vice Presidential candidate.

Cite:

Head of State

http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/05/head-of-state-reasons-that-hillary.html

I'm surprised Pelosi was so gracious, knowing how much she hates Hillary. I'm more surprised that she didn't use the opportunity to poo poo a joint ticket. I'm sure she will do so soon. She's hated Hillary ever since Hillary didn't support her on a Tibet stance.

Face it. Obama is Axelrod's puppet. Axelrod had a concept for how to win, personality vs. policy, and then went looking for someone he could use to carry out the plan. He's an evil genius. Evil nonetheless.

And now we're stuck with the puppet.

I urge all 18 million Clinton supporters to sit out the election. This process has been a travesty.

Democratic Conscientious Objectors unite!

I'm glad President Carter is finally saying something. More people need to point this out because hillary continued to say "I'm more electable" over and over, it seems like not many people stopped to question it. That woman brings 8 years of anti-Clinton hostilities out from the rush republicans - many of whom may be otherwise disinclined to get off the couch this November. She should be avoided like the plague.

She can't be history until she goes away.