And Holly never answers the question of what issues McCain is so superior to Obama on. Taxes? Economy? Health Care? Supreme Court appointments? Choice versus anti-choice? How long to stay in Iraq? Whether to actually do what the Iraqi government wants when it comes to their country? Which ones, Holly?

when the democrats go down in flames in november it will be because they have chosen not to reach out to the hillary voters (but that's because they “don't need” our votes as they never tire of repeating) and also because the obama campaign – after months of grandiose rhetoric – has decided to sell out its base on every one of its signature issues: FISA, NAFTA, Iraq, offshore drilling, etc. Adding a glad-handing Washington fixer like Biden to the mix while blowing off Clinton shows it's not about “change” – it's just about ego.

Obama needs to give people a reason to vote for him. So far he's doing a lousy job.

Bill Clinton
George Bush Sr.
George Bush Jr.
Jimmy Carter

And what are they: former presidents! It's never about who's better qualified in our wonderful presidential elections. It's about who can look and sound like president. In my honest opinion, both John McCain and Barack Obama had presidential moments. So it goes down to who has the most “I like you” votes this year. American Idol style. For better or for worse.

So if disenchanted Clinton voters want to vote for McCain because they don't like Obama, more power to you. Now if McCain does something in office that totally goes against your deep seated principals dear Clinton supporters, remember, you liked McCain and disliked Obama. Just like American Idol.

I love it!

Obama clearly has more experience than Hillary. To begin with he worked his way up from being a community organizer and then went to law school, then started out at the bottom in politics. Hillary only became a Senator (years after Obama had been held elected office) because of her husband. Certainly being in the WH gave Hillary the opportunity to meet world leaders, but it was Bill who dealt with everyone including his own advisers. Hillary was a good First Lady and attended those to responsibilities well.

Furthermore Obama ran a far superior campaign than Hillary. Even after Hillary got an extension from her bud, the Gov. of PA, Rendell to file her delegate list she still could not file a complete list.

Obama is better organized and has far more experience in being elected to offices. Hillary was, for all intents and purposes, given the US Senate seat for NY because of her political connections. Obama had no similar connections and earned his first elected seat (and then the US Senate seat for IL) the hard way. For what it's worth, both Hillary and Obama were lucky that they didn't face strong competition for those seats in the Senate.

It doesn't matter if the Dems have chosen the worst nominee in decades, anyway. The battle is between McCain and Obama so let's talk about that, which is reality, rather than whine about Obama stealing Hillary's spot, which he didn't. Besides HIllary changed her own rules (for MI and FL) after she could not win as a result of those rules).

2. For Holly – “competent” John McCain's Supreme Court Justice picks.

What a strangely decisive statement, considering we haven't even had the conventions yet. In what way(s) is Obama the worst candidate? At this point, you can clearly label him a weak candidate (weaker than Mondale, who got 13 electoral votes?!?) despite the fact that he is even or ahead in most national polls. I'm so curious to understand the mindset of holdout Clinton supporters, can you please give us a bit more explanation Holly?

McCain is better-qualified on the most important issues. BTW, I'm not a PUMA and would find it difficult to vote for incompetent Obama even if Hillary Clinton were his Veep choice.

But…has he even vetted her????

Obama and Clinton have had nearly identical voting records in the Senate. The issues in this very important election should be more important than deciding to act collectively like a group of two-year olds who didn't get their way.

2) Whoever would have thought during the early primaries that the Democratic Party would choose to nominate its worst candidate since Jimmy Carter in 1980?