That has a pretty decent ring to it. ;)

Thanks for the diary -- recommended.

Thank you for that.

I congratulate Senator Clinton for the fierce, and tenacious race she has run.  I haven't agreed with her on some things, and I haven't always liked what she's done, but she's a remarkably thorough and determined woman.

And I'm terribly glad she's on our side.  I wouldn't want her as an enemy.

I didn't watch his speech .

Saw Mccain's and Clinton's , but I have heard good reviews of it.

I have no doubt he would have been great and gracious.

I thought both Mccain and Clinton gave good speeches too.

Clinton's speech was beautiful , it had the pundits trembling lol.

Here here.

They said on MSNBC a while ago that he even passed the 2210 number the Clinton people put out a while back.

Think they said 2219 total. A LOT of supers came out today.

::virtual rec::

This is going to be a very, very, very, very ugly and emotional national GE campaign. And, I predict it's going to get very ugly virtually overnight, too. Not, initially, due to anything coming from the Obama campaign, either. (But, I'm sure he'll fight fire with fire. In fact, I'm counting on it.)

What's past is prologue and--contrry to the comments of many even here--a day at the beach compared to what's ahead.

The younger folks got him through the Primary. It's going to take some of us older and wiser, diehard Dems to help Obama get through the GE (with the younger Dems right there, too, of course)!

There's just too much at stake to sit back this year!

You've got a lot of class, Beltway Dem.

Glad you now see what many of us have seen.

...not just for this diary, but for all that you have done to elect a Democrat this election season.

If we stand united, McCain does not stand a chance.  

Thanks so much, from an OB supporter.

Let me offer an observation:

There seems to be an all or nothing perspective from  HRC supporters, but you and Hillary still have a lot of power. Power to shape the campaign, the party platform, the administration and enable the Democrats to win in November.

I would like to suggest to the HRC supporters thinking about McCain to think about what they want and give the Democratic party a chance to earn your vote.

1. HRC Health care plan?
   
2. The VP slot?
   
3. Input and/or picks for cabinet slots?
   
4. The right to name a Supreme Court pick?

HRC folks you have fought long and hard and earned  political capital you can certainly shape an Obama presidency to be closer to your vision of an HRC admin than a McCain admin. I mean Hilary could be part of it.
We don't expect you to become "Obamacons" we do expect you to share your difference and now that the campaigns over we expect to compromise to earn you valuable vote. Maybe Hillbots can become Hillamas or something.

And we will be stronger for it.

are you aka DCDemocrat?

Thank you for your diary, and thanks for extending your hand.

in detail to Bobswern so I dont want to repeat myself too much, but its always good to see dems first.

We may not get along all the time, especially when we have such good candidates to choose from, but in the end its good to see us rally.

And Ive always said my hand was extended so Im glad to virtual shake and be on the same team.

slide into the abyss and may never recover from 8 years of George W Bush

Now this is a diary I can support wholeheartedly. Your candidate ran a fantastic race. Any other year, and she'd be our next president.

I have had the pleasure of reading your posts here for quite some time with mixed feelings but any doubts I may have had are irrelevant.  Classy.  We are all in this together.

Thanks for the much-needed diary.

Classy, classy diary, and rec'd.  With this level of class on our side, we can't lose.

for your open mind, and for working so hard to help your candidate shatter barriers.  she blazed a trail and kicked the door open.  you should be proud of her.

i thought her speech last night was amazing.  she did yall proud.

on to november!

the party coming together as we speak. For the first time I really listened to an Obama speech, hanging on every word. I thought it was fantastic. His delivery has really evolved, and the passion was just dripping all over the place. I am sold. If I were McCane, I would go hide somewhere...

I honestly wasn't as impressed with the speech as most here... because I could barely hear it over the crowd noise!

When I got up this morning I listened to it, and I know that it was by far the best thing for him to say at this given time and place.  He even modified the speech a half hour before he went on (a Secret Service guy replaced the paper copy on the podium before the event started).

I was so pumped to see Michelle Obama as well.  She's so fantastic, and one of my friends noticed that, like I have noticed in the past, that she definitely has a Jackie O quality about her... but is her own woman.  The fist-bump with Barack was especially endearing.

Anyways, welcome to the general election, everyone.  May god have mercy on John McCain.

I donated another $100 to Obama tonight.  There's a voter registration drive here in Knoxville on Saturday that I'll be volunteering at.  Once the primary furor dies down, I will quietly send some money in Senator Clinton's direction as well, though I'll specify my wishes that it go toward paying down her debts to locally-owned businesses first, the Senator's personal debt second, and Mark Penn's pockets preferably never.

2008 is our year.  I'm fired up and ready to go.

Ok, part two of my plan to change the world is now complete. We've got a solid progressive heading to the white house.

Now lets fix foreign policy! Bill Richardson for Secretary of State.

And John Edwards for Attorney General.
Lets get it on!!

I understand DC, you've been a top guy and we're all democrats.  I'm going to wait on her, he needs her supporters and I want him to change on universal health care and put her on the ticket. If he's the bottom up guy he claims, if the rough politics was just to win and inside he's a decent guy, he'll already have decided that's what he wants to do.   All I've ever had against him is the way he's run against her and not for his own ideas, and they way he's called her on her well known and undeserved negatives while keeping his own under a lid as long as possible. This one's too important to get the least capable of winning in the fall and he ought to have told us himself.  

It is very difficult to find a candidate like Barack Obama. He is rare indeed. Looks Presidential, speaks like a cross between Martin Luther King and JFK, owns up to past mistakes on the fly. Hasn't said the wrong thing once on the Campaign Trail. A far cry from what's in the White House now, and Obama's Republican counterpart. Most importantly for a future President, put together a rock solid organization, with a brilliant strategic plan to win the nomination. Is this the man we want to be President...... HELL YEAH!!!!

I'd love for you to crosspost this at my place so I could front page it.

I campaigned for John McCain in 2000 (yeah sorry about that, either he was a complete liar then, is one now, or has been invaded by the body snatchers, anyways...) then I campaigned for Wes Clark in 04. In both cases I was dead set that my guy was the best one in the field and early on I really believed we'd win in both cases.

I get devastated by primary losses, more so than even Kerry's loss. In 2004 I accepted the party candidate and moved on, in 2000 I rejected Bush so hard that I went into a three year political metamorphosis that led me to become a progressive leaning Dem. You really need to assess where you are and what is going to be best for the country. I was confused as fuck when Kerry won, but was resigned that he was the guy we needed to fight for in the face of obvious evil.

In 2000 I just couldn't support Bush, he was so vile in SC and I saw the dark edges even then that only hinted at things so evil so I was just repulsed by the man.

I know a lot of people around here dislike Obama at the gut level. I'm not going to tell you how to vote. But I will say that John McCain has sold out every single thing that made him seem to be a good man eight years ago. I'm not going to go on a rant but he tossed his principles overboard one by one for Bush. Now he wants to come back and act like nothing happened, he's good old John.

The man cannot be trusted.

I'm a Dodd supporter at heart, an Edwards supporter second, and I can accept Obama. I deeply respect Hillary Clinton for what she has done in her career. I'm no fan of her campaign strategy this year, but I don't think that speaks to who she is.

All I can say is that John McCain does not deserve to be president, and any candidate we had on our ballot in December save Mike Gravel would better serve the country in the White House. Take that for what you will.

Just figured I'd throw in my two cents.  

I like your writing style.  Direct and to the point; clear and concise.  As someone who supported Edwards (although probably not near as committed to Clinton as you are), I understand it's not easy to see your candidate lose an election.  Recommended for your grace and magnanimity and putting the welfare of the party and country ahead of any hurt feelings.

Pure class. Thank you.

To paraphrase my friend Bill: I fell in love with Hillary, but I'm falling in line now. I've always liked Obama, but his speech last night had an entire room of very passionate Clinton supporters beaming with pride at not only the incredibly gracious and dignified manner in which he recognized the historic candidacy and life mission of Hillary Clinton, but the humble, strong and passionate way he presented himself to us. Maybe Bill needs to update his saying because I know that I am not the only one in that room who fell in love, again. The man had just made history himself through his vision and perseverance and struggle, and yet he humbly asked all of us if he could be part of our hopes and struggles. Yes. The answer is a resounding and enthusiastic yes.

I'm a bit late to the party on this diary but thanks for this. Well written and well said. You were an excellent Hillary supporter and you will be an excellent Obama supporter in the fall.