Don't worry friend. Obama is not stupid enough to pick an anti-choice VP, the media is just bloviating endlessly about a bipartisan ticket like they did in 2004. It will never be Hagel. Obama will pick a strong pro-choice Democrat, for sure.

Hey kosnomore. Thanks so much for being willing to come together.

I sort of understand. It took a long, long time for me to forgive what the Dem establishment did to Dean. It took a long time for me to get over Edwards dropping out this time. (I'd been battlin' those Obama snots for a year!)

Remember that, just as a lot of self-proclaimed Hillary "supporters" here and in places like NoQuarter and HillaryIs44 are not representative of Hillary supporters, many of the people here claiming to support Obama are really just here to make trouble. You can tell them on both sides because they never do anything but smear and attack.

Just as most Hillary supporters abhor racism, most Obama supporters abhor sexism, and a person would have to be blind to not see the media's sexist attacks on Hillary that started the second Bill took office, and never stopped (except, on the right, in the brief time towards the end that she was no longer the front-runner).

I don't think Hillary has much chance of being VP unless Bill releases all the records connected to his foundation, but people have a right to cheer for the person they hope for.

Thanks again for seeking to meet halfway. Most of us have no reason to want to go after Hillary now--she supports Obama, she is a great asset, mind and patriot, and I'd like to see her in a leading, not a following, position (ie, Sec of State, Senate Majority Leader, Supreme Court Justice, etc).

Let's come together to prevent the Bush III Armagheddon that would ensue if McSame took office.

it proves it's a mutual problem, and we have to ALL agree to meet half way.  And, some trouble makers never will.

The only things we can control are our own actions.  

If the diarist needs me & everyone else on My DD to do A, B & C before he supports Obama then he is fooling him/herself. He/she is the one who has to work through this.  Obama won't be a better candidate if I stop saying Hillary is a poor VP choice.  

Well if we're calling out individual posters, I could make a litany of requests for people to stop using GOP frames to bash the nominee as well.  Frankly, I'd start with the poster of this diary.  But I won't.

If you see someone posting something you don't like, are you going to go back to specious concern diaries in retribution?

There's no possible way that we can know what's going to be posted in the next four months; the only way for you to improve the tenor is to stick to your own beliefs and set a positive example.  I've been here promoting Obama for several months now, but I've actively taken those who are attacking Clinton for stupid reasons to task; I think that, overall, the tenor of the conversations has improved due to the attitudes of Obama supporters like Student Guy, Veteran75, and myself.

So, do you want to be part of the solution?  If so, do what you say you want to do regardless of whether anyone else signs on to your request.  Take the high road, because there are jagbags on both sides, as well as jagbags on neither side, who will work to divide us with unkind rhetoric.

Your reaction to this will be important to your future on this site.

if you have nothing nice to say . . .

Don't say that the other side has "cognitive dissonance"?

I'll be honest: I could deal with asking whether or not someone who is winning by every single measure could win in the end. After all, as a Hillary supporter, you had your front-runner fall short due to a number of campaign mismanagements and incorrect predictions.

However, it's very difficult to take the "everyone should play nice" high ground while stating in your poll that everyone who disagrees with your position has "cognitive dissonance". If you want to change the way things work, lead by example.

Don't listen to TCQuad. I would like to thank you for the Laker's poor defense.  

Just because someone doesn't freak out over concern trolling does not mean that they're sticking their head in the sand.

The ostrich thing is getting kinda old already.

That's not what the polls are showing. And besides, we all read the news so why would someone rush to a Dem site to breathlessly point out that our Dem nominee is doing poorly (in case that were to ever happen)?

If the voter are hesitant it isn't because of anything written over at No Quarter or Hillary isn't 44. If you have legitimate concerns about Obama or his agenda then I would love to hear them.  Right now the country isn't focused on GE so it is the right time to have such conversations.  

Instead we hear statements about how Obama can't win in November or about how Obama ran a sexist campaign. Those criticisms aren't constructive and they don't do anything besides pick at old wounds.  

It really isn't that hard to raise legitimate criticisms of Obama.  

sexism, I will speak out against it.

I agree, this is not helpful.  And emsprater, I hope you know this is not the message of the Obama campaign.  He can't be held to account for the comments of random blog posters (myself included of course).  As an Obama supporter, I welcome your joining the team, and hope that you can support Obama with the same intensity with which you support Senator Clinton.  That said, these kinds of posts are annoying.  I don't hold Senator Clinton responsible for hillaryis44, or blog posters, or even the anonymous sources who run their mouths to journalists.  She has been excellent, and I can't hide my enthusiasm when I think about her and Obama on the trail together, or her out there as a surrogate.  I think they will be force to reckoned with.  We do need you, and want you to be apart of moving this country forward.

The right thing for a Democrat to do is support Obama.  Don't expect me to praise you for doing the right thing.  For a Democrat it shouldn't be a tough choice.  The fact that 80%+ of Democrats have already figured this out means that the diarist and others like him/her are a vocal minority that are in no position to ask for a deal.  

If you think that is arrogant then so be it.  It doesn't change the fact that it is the truth.  

Just more evidence that the 'unity pony' for some folks only has two legs.  They don't want to recognize the other two legs that are required to be behind the front two legs.  Sadly, the back two legs are supporting the very portion of the 'unity pony' some of them most resemble.

It takes all four legs for the 'unity pony' to run the race.

I said it before & I'll say it again - she is a troll because she just plops down divisive comments and leaves

someone mentioned the unity pony needing four legs.  I think she doesn't get it.