It's good to see this thread still moving as well. Some very intersting aspects of what has occurred in the democratic party since the election. It's very interesting.

I liked Hillary and yet now ,seeing that Obama is operating from a very moderate, sometimes almost hawkish perspective, I am happy with Obama. It's seems too he is smart enough to reralize he may well have to to skim off some of the hard left loonies like Pelosi and her constiuents a bit in order to really do his job well. The far left fringe is a real impediment to him in so many ways. It was good how Panetta handled Pelosi and her insane reckless remark( for someone in her position) that the the CIA lied to her.