Mercadia:

It certainly SEEMS fractious, in a way I don't remember from Kerry/Edwards/Dean or Gore/Bradley (if that was even a race), but then again, this one has gone on longer than either of those others. However, remember the attack ads on Dean from Gephardt? With the two retirees saying he needed to take his "wine-sipping, canape-eating, hair-grooming, etc. etc. self back to Vermont where he belongs?" Pretty rough stuff.

I haven't seen any polls recently about whether Hil supporters would be happy with a Barack nominee, and vice-versa. Earlier in the campaign, the numbers indicated 77% of Obamites and 83% of Clintonians would be satisfied with the other as nominee. I don't know if that's dropped off lately. I also don't know if the MI/FL divide has polarized some folks. I'd be interested to see if anyone's taken any data on these fronts in Wisconsin or Ohio or Texas.