I realize you're frustrated that everyone hasn't united behind Obama and come out punching, yet, and you're worried that we'll lose if that doesn't happen before the convention.

But you're announcing every night that we've already lost the November election.

That's not good. And it's wrong. Listening to you tonight, you sound like you're in a panic. It's counterproductive.

And I'm sure there are people who are gleeful to hear you slam Hillary as someone who won't stop for anything and whose only purpose in wanting Michigan and Florida's delegates seated is to get her to the convention, but you sound a bit over the top when you say there can be no other reason for her to want them seated but to get her to the convention.

I really think you need to be reminded just how angry FL and MI Democrats are about their primary votes not counting. And they are going to keep right on being angry until their delegates are seated.

And without them, we have a good chance of losing this election no matter what else happens.

Here's how they see it: Six states broke the rules, but only their states are being punished.

Florida Democrats in particular are furious about this since they feel they are being punished for voting for a law requiring paper ballots, something they'd been pushing for since 2000. The party leadership knows perfectly well that the Republicans screwed them by attaching the poison pill of changing the primary date; why aren't they taking that as mitigation? Why does Donna Brazile refuse to seat any of the Florida delegation, when the rules say by default that only half the delegation should lose its votes, and that even that can be challenged? Why do Obama supporters insist that using the challenge which is explicitly in the rules is breaking the rules? And why is Clinton the bad guy when Obama bought national ads that would be shown in Florida just before its primary after he had pledged not to campaign in Florida?

Clinton voters see Michigan this way: Although there was no requirement to do so, Obama took his name off the MI ballot and convinced some others to do so, but he knew he was going to lose MI and it was a way to make sure it wouldn't count. Hillary Clinton (and some others) did not agree to remove their names from the ballot, but Obama's supporters claim that by failing to do so Hillary broke a pledge not to campaign in MI. But she had never pledged to remove her name.

Right now these states look like losses, but one reason is that many of Clinton's supporters feel that the Obama team is disenfranchising them.

That's a good reason to seat the delegations. It's a really good reason for Obama to ask for them to be seated as soon as possible, because he needs to mend those fences.

You know, I never wanted Clinton in this race, but I've been astonished at how easy it's been for people to accept any anti-Clinton meme that gets thrown at HRC. Even you are doing it. Will you please calm down?

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