OK, we all know that Obama himself will trash McCain in the debates.  And right now, if he were facing McCain on the nightly news and Face the Nation and the Today Show and This Week etc., Obama would be making McCain look ridiculous.  But unfortunately, McCain seems to be winning the surrogate war in those venues.  It’s about time the Obama campaign did something about it.

Truly, this is perfect for this moment  -  Every line of this poem represents aspects of Barack Obama's message:

I know it’s time for unity, but I have to get this off my chest.  I loved Bill Clinton.  I loved that he was very smart, articulate, funny, and really appealed to the average voter, in spite of being very smart, articulate, and funny (New England elitist that I am).  I loved the way his campaign fought back fast & hard when things got rough.  I loved that he seemed to have a team of advisors & friends who got together just for the intellectual fun of it, like the New Years "Renaissance Weekends" they had – and maybe still do have.  I loved that he turned Reagan’s deficit into a huge surplus.  I loved a lot of things about him.

Yesterday the Rules Committee resolved the problems of Florida and Michigan, with a unanimous vote on FL and a strong 19 to 8 vote on MI.  The Michigan compromise, which was proposed by a Clinton supporter, awards 69 delegates to Clinton and 59 to Obama.  This was vehemently opposed by Harold Ickes, however, who warned us that Mrs. Clinton instructed him to reserve her rights to take this to the Credential Committee on appeal.  The problem is that Clinton had 73 delegates from that famous Michigan primary in which Obama’s name was not on the ballot.  Ickes said, among other things, "I submit to you that hijacking 4 delegates is not a good way to start down the path to party unity."