UPDATE - I was a precinct captain for Obama. Anyone who knows me offline knows I'm 100% in his camp. I'm really surprised at the lack of any quality discussion. You can disagree, or ignore this. But don't call into question my 100% support for Obama. That's just ridiculous.

Imagine the coverage we would get if, at Obama's next event, people wore shirts saying Democrat against Immunity or something like that. We should not say we will or will not support Obama based on this vote - the alternative is unthinkable. But if a couple of thousand people showed up to say no to expanded surveillance powers, no to immunity, even Obama would sit up and take notice.

And he'd thank us.

There are things any politician wants to say and do, but can't because the media will turn against him. But if we show the media we are the majority (if we even are, which at this point I doubt), the media would at least give us some airtime.

If we don't provide Obama political coverage with our BODIES, not just our words on a blog, why should we expect him to put his body on the line for us?

I would like to propose that DailyKos create a page that functions as a Wall of Shame so we can tell the good Democrats from the bad.

We have a lot of House cleaning to do, I fear. And it would help to have  a list that is permanently visible so that, come election time, people can check to see how their Rep voted on really important issues like this one.

I'd like to see a Wall of Shame with rankings - how many times has a member of our party voted against our best interests?

I wonder how many others feel the way this friend of mine does?

The more she opens her mouth the more she inserts foot.  Very unfortunate. Frankly, I am a bit shamed that I was ever behind her and voted for her in the CA primary.  Can't take that back, huh?

Hillary keeps talking about how close the vote is as a reason why she should remain in the race. But when I got this email it was suddenly clear to me. She's lost even some of her former supporters. The race is not nearly as close as it appears.

Look at the fomer Clinton supporters who are now backing Obama:

On May 10, NATIONWIDE, the Obama campaign is asking volunteers to get involved and help register voters for the fall campaign.

If you haven't heard from the campaign re the May 10 event, call the national headquarters and ask to be connected to a coordinator in your area. The national Obama HQ number is (866) 675-2008.

You will be fully trained on what to do on May 10 at volunteer-organized centers around the country. Then you'll go out into your community and sign up as many voters as you can.

I hope many of you will participate. Online efforts are never as persuasive as offline efforts. It is important to work the ground in these campaigns. NOTHING beats direct person-to-person contact.

Thank you, and please, help out on the 10th!

Despite having won twice as many states and having an insurmountable 124 delegate lead (plus or minus a few, depending on whose numbers you are using), in their morning conference call with reporters, Hillary Clinton's chief strategist, Mark Penn, said this:

We believe [the Pennsylvania contest] will again show that Hillary is ready to win and that Senator Obama really can't win the general election.

In Hillaryworld, if you lose a state in the primary, you're going to lose it in an election. Even if it's a large blue state that always votes Democratic.

In Hillaryworld, it's okay to diss your fellow Dem even while trying to attach yourself to his popularity by suggesting he could be your Vice President. You are applauded for doing all you can to weaken a fellow candidate.

And in Hillaryworld, this strategy is working!

Cut to the real world.

I have been sorely disappointed in members of my own party who have fired salvos against each other solely because of the candidate they chose.

I have never called Clinton supporters by any other epithet. But I have seen Obamabots and many other derogatory terms lobbed at me and others who share my belief that Obama would be the better president.

I also do not approve of the term "Rethuglicans" or "repugs" because those too are fellow citizens.

Anyone who throws such names arounds shows 1) they are childish, 2) they do not respect our Democracy, which not only allows but REQUIRES us to have differences of opinion, and 3) are stabbing their own party in the heart.

I've been calling undecideds in my precinct, and it's surprising to me how many of them tell me they won't decide until they get in the voting booth. I mean, I've been a procrastinator many times, but usually about unimportant things, not my vote!

I like drawing people out, trying to get them to talk about their thought process, and thought I'd share with you some of what I'm hearing at the other end of these calls. I'm going to advocate for my candidate at the end, but I want to be as fair as I can before I get there: