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"message": "Ewwww...<br><br>Just, <i>ewwwwww!</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_18:26:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3939898, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3936262": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That would be the Secretary of Homeland Security.  Here's the <a href=\"http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/photos/orgchart-web.png\" rel=\"nofollow\">DHS Organizational Chart</a>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_13:02:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3936053, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3948042": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sounds like a plan.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_20:42:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3947668, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935766": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm just thanking God that it wasn't Kerry.<br><br>I think Clinton will be fine. I'm certain she's (and Bill's) on a damned tight leash. Wonder who's Plan B if (when?) she screws up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:37:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3939863": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for responding to the gist of my comment, and ignoring the misspellings, the unnecessary apostrophe, etc. LOL.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:52:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "c87fa9ab975275187368e74f6f34d3d1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3939592, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3949601": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "spirit,<br><br>I find her cold too...  And I'll never forget the assassination comment either.   Michelle has said she's talked with Hillary....I can't imagine Michelle feeling truly warm toward her.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_22:32:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3949292, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3936294": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good point. Makes me feel a (tiny) bit better...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_13:03:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3935591, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3941422": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And that's fair, seeing as how the info was somewhat suspect.<br><br>I can conceed that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_17:28:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3940938, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935794": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I see your point.<br><br>But if <I><B>ANYONE</I></B> was going to try to make that spin work, it'd be the Clintons.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:38:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3935715, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3948083": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jr. would be a good pick for Education department.  His book \"A More Perfect Union\" has a big section on the need for a constitutional amendment to improve public education in the United States, because if the schools are going to hell, the people can bring a case in the Supreme Court alleging the constitutionality of doing so.<br><br>It's a good argument, and as Education Secretary, he'd be in a good position to repeal No Child Left Behind and put in some REAL changes to the Public Education system.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_20:46:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3945627, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3939898": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My people, what's up? OK, on one hand the lady's smart, seems to learn quickly, a known commodity BUT on the other, the prospect of all of us becoming afflicted with More Fucking Clinton Drama(MFCD), 21st century edition, for the next 4 - 8 years is almost too much to bear. I feel like I want to puke. <br><br>Senator Clinton, if you are nominated and confirmed, please just do your job. Leave the drama behind, PLEASE!<br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:53:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3939510": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Timothy Geithner will be Secretary of Treasury", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:40:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3941443": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The problem is he didn't do her.<br>He did Monica, he did Jennifer...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_17:29:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3937362, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935414": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I second that!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:18:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3934390, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3949638": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think you're both right, per your pt #2.  If O has the list, (as I believe, too) it's still a very public chess move on Hil.  (rook to queen's 1: CHECK) The comeclean's gotta be public and complete. That'll be big because it will affect how we deal with the actors BC has engaged by forcing a limitation on friendliness to the supposed bad boys.  There's long term benefit in that for O as he will, by this move, set his own tone and implicit requirements for foreign policy and sec'y clinton would have to toe that line. This is consistent with what looks to be his developing  \"big stick\" policy toward Iran and others.  Or she may opt out altogether, just to keep that cash flowing to the crib.   He can win either way.   All that said - this is pure rubbish on my part as we all know that only Tom Clancy knows the deal...   more trial balloons here than at a 1st grade birthday party.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_22:35:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "hustleandfloe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3948507, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3936327": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yeah", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_13:05:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3935794, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3940938": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OK to quote Ronnie B, \"fair enough, sir\" :-)<br><br>Although somebody knew the \"information made available\" was BS. <br><br>Sorry, couldn't just let it go at that! :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_16:56:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3940169, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3949645": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is true, and that is why she is dangerous. If you don't have the capacity to show compassion for others, the mind will take you into the zone of narcissism.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_22:36:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3949422, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3939406": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not so.<br><br>I <i>respect</i> the people who voted against Iraq and stick by that vote even today (even though most of them choose not to return the favor). <br><br>It's got nothing to do with my worldview and <i>everything</i> to do with making a judgment call and being able to stick with it, regardless of the consequences.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:35:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3939240, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3937362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "After how he did her while in office. He 'll be opening up a lot for her. He owes her big time!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_13:58:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "354df5c74d0e8d0898a4209dace8bcc4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3935591, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935827": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm really uncertain about this pick but I will admit that I don't know enough about Obama's plan. Somehow HRC has to figure into a bigger picture even though I wish she get nothing and be left to wallow in her loss. I believe there is a difference between the notions of experience versus skill sets. Experience doesn't equal talent or skill. <br><br>Someone mentioned that they serve at the pleasure of the President, which was a great reminder.  She starts to slide a different way than the Obama strategy, then she gets the door.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:40:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3946580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:44:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3935591, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3933782": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think this could be a good choice. Bill Richardson would have been good, as well. I don't think Hillary Clinton would spend the next four years trying to undermine Barack Obama, because I feel that she would take this position very seriously since the eyes of the world will be on her. Besides, at the end of the day, Obama is still the one in the position of power. He doesn't need to kiss her @ss. I'm sure he'd have no problem giving her the boot if she lost sight of it's intended purpose and tried to play games and jockey for position in 2012.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_10:48:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "3dcd6f975a12ea057be9a639794a91ab", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3945560": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For real.  She's not going anywhere near Africa, because the Africans may rise up and remind her of her husband's dismal policies regarding Rwanda and the Congo.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:33:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3944570, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3934298": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Call it denial, but I'll believe it when I see it.  Until then I don't have the energy to get my knickers in a bunch over nonstop speculation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_11:16:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3933910, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3942495": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Geithner worked with Kissinger Associates.<br><br>Yes, <i>THAT</i> Kissinger.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_18:27:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3939510, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3948134": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CraigHickman, now, that's an image I can live with.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_20:51:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3948042, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3936358": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I still don't see how she has the experience so unfortunately I'm gonna have to go with the \"political\" theory. For O's sake, I hope it works.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_13:07:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3935494, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3949707": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "good point:  i do wonder if this move will compromise the new and growing moral authority.  if so, that will only be shortlived if she does the job well.  won't stop being one more topic in the republicans' Search for an Agenda:  They're trying hard to say this ain't change.  They may be right, but it's not sticking.  Honestly, though, I think it is change even if Obama stuffs the cabinet full o' clintons.  they're gonna act differently (i.e. as O wants them to) because they're more loyal to that loot and the power than to any ideology or loyalty.  So, if you take that away, then all you have left is a bunch of well-traveled and skillful actors.  He will have made them statesmen despite their dirty pasts.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_22:41:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "hustleandfloe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3949375, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935862": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "*stone faced*<br>*golf claps*<br><br>well if he likes it, i love it. i just hope this choice doesn't come back to haunt him. her appointment hearings might be interesting though.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:41:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ladyvenoms", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3944570": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah, she could very well steal Obama's thunder internationally, but she won't get the crowds of 100,000 + to hear her speak. That is for sure. <br><br>I think that she's going to have to really watch what she says... I hope that Obama sends her to the Sudan. Let her solve that problem. <br><br>But how much do you want to bet that she's only going to want to go to Japan and Europe and ignore the rest of the world?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:25:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "adriana01", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3943886, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3942523": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I saw how she made almost everyone except Israel in the Middle East the enemy.  <br><br>This is one choice Obama may live to regret.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_18:28:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3937524, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3946626": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "well I am waiting for the punch line.  Your thoughts sound good but it doesn't \"feel\" right.  I will let it go.  I decided to trust Obama so will let it go and wait and see.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:47:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3934078, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3946115": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Word, CPL.  I am not going to hold any images of her in that post, PERIOD!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:38:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3942739, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3947653": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ITA!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_20:08:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "a43f021c11b2e6b394c6c3002f6cece0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3938058, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3946630": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Exactl, blksista.  NONWHITES NEED NOT APPLY !", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:47:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3942523, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3940119": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  <br><br>WASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2014 Timothy Geithner, the president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, is expected to be tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to be the next secretary of the U.S. Treasury, NBC News and the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.<br>NBC News said Obama was expected to announced his economic team Monday in an effort to calm markets.<br><br>Geithner was considered a top prospect along with former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers for the Treasury post, which is in the forefront of efforts to tamp down the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.<br><br>Geithner would take over from U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, with whom he has been working hand-in-glove for months while dealing with a crisis that continues to wrack financial markets worldwide.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/money/2008-11-21-obama-treasury-geithner_N.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.usatoday.com/money/2008-11-21-obama-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_16:06:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3939510, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935885": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "love it, and she better call him MR. President.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:43:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3935591, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3950224": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>HRC Campaign Sale: Everything Must Go!</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15875.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15875...</a><br><br><i>Hillary Rodham Clinton\u2019s presidential campaign is wrapping up a fire sale of sorts, in which it dispensed computers, servers, desks and most other office fixtures not bolted down to charities, campaign vendors, politicians and just regular folks \u2014 all in the name of raising cash to pay off its debt.</i> <br><br><i>Until about three weeks ago, signs in the windows of Clinton\u2019s suburban Washington campaign headquarters advertised a moving sale and offered all kinds of office equipment for purchase, and some equipment is still listed for sale online. From the time she conceded the Democratic presidential nomination to Barack Obama through the end of October, Clinton\u2019s campaign reaped $373,000 through nearly 400 separate \u201casset sales,\u201d according to reports her campaign filed with the Federal Election Commission.</i> <br><br><i>That won\u2019t put much of a dent in her vendor debt, which stood at $7.5 million at the end of October, according to an FEC report filed Thursday night.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_23:40:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3934867": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He should have given her the Vice President position. She would have been less influential there and less of a threat! Now that she will become Secretary of State, I wonder if she will try to undermine Obama, I cannot not see her not in it for her own agenda. No, I do not like this move. His administration looks like the Clinton years. This going to be an interesting  next 4- years and why do I see Bill Clinton with a big grin on his face?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_11:49:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "354df5c74d0e8d0898a4209dace8bcc4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3947668": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here's what I'm hoping.<br><br>LIke many of us want to know, Barack <i>had</i> to know what Bill was up to giving all those speeches around the globe. So, he discusses Secretary of State with Hillary. If she can convince Bubba to disclose, he'll strongly consider offering her the job. But he doesn't want to offer her the job, he just wants information about Bubba's donors. He can then refuse to offer Hillary the post because he wants to avoid the media feeding frenzy that ensued the minute she opened her mouth and told anyone what they had spoken about.<br><br>The Clintons will be livid but they won't be able to do anything about it because Barack has the donor list card to play as trump, giving him all the power he needs stop any of the Clintons' machinations dead in their tracks.<br><br>That's what I'm hoping.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_20:09:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3943062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL - You may be on to something there as far as a \"graceful\" exit. Those hearings would be \"interesting\" indeed.  All their business would be out in the street.  Curioser and Curioser.  Seems the rabbit hole goes deep in this unfolding drama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:03:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3942739, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3950233": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "adriana:  <i>ignore the rest of the world. . </i>  CO-SIGN!!<br><br>BUT, THIS IS NOT HER SHOW.  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>She WILL GO where \"HER BOSS\" tells her ta go!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_23:42:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3944570, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3945627": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Unless Jr. gets his Senate Seat, I don't see Jr. leaving Congress.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:34:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3944389, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3939484": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"I'm wondering why is he waiting until after Thanksgiving to make the announcement?\"<br><br>Becuase he want's to give folks time to get used to, rationalize, and accommodate the idea of him making HRC- the woman who said that we wasn't ready to be Commander in Chief- Secretary of State?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:38:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "c87fa9ab975275187368e74f6f34d3d1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i'm pretty damn disappointed that Obama chose the Clintons (plural) for secretary of state<br><br>yeah, Obama is much smarter than me, but i can't help but feel this is a huge mistake", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:44:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "ibeching", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3940000": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OK D, I disagree with you there:-). It's human to make a mistake! Sheesh, why is it so hard for her to admit it?!?!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:59:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3938509, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3955874": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well the number of credible challenges to incumbent Presidents in our current primary system (circa 1972) is limited to 1.  That's it.  Challenging a front-runner for the nomination and challenging a sitting US President are two completely different things.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-22_14:03:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "fc4b340f844acd794115578219a0af2b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3949029, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3942564": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I can't get over this feeling that my chain is being yanked by the MSM.  Now she's \"wrestling with the idea?\"  I stil smell something foul in the air.  Funny how the story keeps changing from moment to moment in one day alone.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_18:31:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3940059": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Geithner is at Treasury. That's good. I'm too much of a hater to let the clinton nomination go. I'm done w/ Obama. <br>Have a good life", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_16:03:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3954343": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bwahahahahahaha!!!! Thanks, I needed that laugh...*sigh*<br><br>I just read a Salon article about why people who don't like Hillary are haters, and they should just suck it up because she is a great choice for SoS. *blank stare*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-22_11:38:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3950323, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3943081": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"I cannot help but think that Mr. Obama\u2019s choice of Hillary is also a slap in the face to Richardson as well.  Not only would picking Richardson had been a good, competent choice, the bonus would have been the willingness to place a Latino in a stellar position of trust with America\u2019s Foreign Policy.\"<br><br>I do think that if Obama does not put a Latino in a higher level cabinet position or at least put in a few, he will risk losing support in the Latino community. He may get away with it in the end since we don't have anywhere else to go, but he will disappoint a younger generation of Latinos and Latinas aspiring to be policy makers on the national scene. <br><br>It once again shows that you can speak multiple languages, amass an extensive foreign policy resume, be a person of color (brown- like most of the Western Hemisphere) and still come up short.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:03:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "adriana01", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935918": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks CPL.  I actually thought Kay had a couple of good points yesterday, but the condescension cancelled it out.  Just as in real life, this also applies to the Internet: it's not what you say but how you say it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:45:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3934390, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3934386": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL, I'm going to wait until I hear it from President-Elect Obama's own mouth. <br><br>He's probably waiting until after Thanksgiving because he saw that clip of Palin sipping coffee while simultaneously, turkeys were being slaughtered.  LOL!!! :-))", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_11:21:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3933609, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3942581": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_18:32:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3935591, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3934390": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Weren't you screaming at us yesterday about how Bill Richardson got screwed over by this pick?<br><br>Honestly, Kay, we welcome your input, but could you please tone it down?  Shouting at us like we're stupid does not earn you friends here - nor can you influence people by shouting at them when you're giving us your two cents.  Please - can you be respectful at least?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_11:21:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3934063, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3950266": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Truth, you mean this comment?:<br><br>My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand it.\" <br><br>Video clip- <a href=\"http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=101403\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=101403</a><br>**********************************************************<br><br>You might find this clip of interest too.<br><br>Click on \"The Chain of Command after Regan was Shot\"<br><br>In1981, Alexander Haig was Regan's Secretary of State .<br><br><a href=\"http://www.icue.com/portal/site/iCue/chapter/?vgnextchannel=314a2ef11ac65110VgnVCM100000a7c3d240RCRD&chapterchannel=c229d64c8b7eb110VgnVCM10000075c1d240RCRD\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.icue.com/portal/site/iCue/chapter/?v...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_23:46:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3949601, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3950267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL:  Yes SHE did!  Bofadem!  :&gt;)    In HER PARALLEL UNIVERSE!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>BUT, I keep forgetting, SHE has ta be CONFIRMED 2.  <br><br>SHE's JUST a NOMINEE!  Wonder IFFF anything could happen at that point??  Hmmmmm.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_23:47:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3942739, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3934915": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Admiral:  Co-sign.  Waiting to EXHALE.  . . . .", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_11:53:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3933910, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3941062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, MSNBC reports that Richardson gets the Commerce Dept. nod.  Good.  <br><br>::  drops crystal ball into trash can ::      LOL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_17:04:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3936851, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3934409": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, that would freeze my appitite, too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_11:22:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3934386, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3938509": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>She enabled Bush to launch a foolish and immoral war, and has shown no regret or contrition about it.</i><br><br>Nor should she. I have a lot more respect for someone who casts a votes and stands by it than one who bends and sways to the popular political position of the hour.<br><br>And I think that mentality-given, of course, the guidelines that Obama would place on Clinton-would serve her well in the position.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:01:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3938058, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3950541": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Spirit,<br><br>When I heard Hillary say those words, I couldn't believe it! I thought.... Oh. No. She. Didn't.  The witch will do anything to have power and F anyone that get in her way!<br><br><b>Hell To The  Naw</b><br><br>Shhhhh....I stole that line from Rikyrah! <b>:)</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-22_00:22:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3950266, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3934928": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Word, CPL.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_11:53:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3934390, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3939192": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Say it  again, RonnieB!  <br><br>THE CLINTONISTAS ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!    IT'S BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT, I TELL YOU!  IF YOU WANT TO CROWN THEM, THEN CROWN THEIR  ASS, BUT THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_N1OjGhIFc\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_N1OjGhIFc</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:24:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3937578, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3948243": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Justice8,  Hee,hee hee!  Denny is my man.  You know I couldn' hep myself.  He used to coach our Minnesota Vikings.<br><br>And they are who we know they are!<br><br>YES THEY ARE!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_21:02:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3947956, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3933910": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm waiting for Obama to say it, myself.<br>IF Hillary is picked, she serves at the pleasure of the President of the United States.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_10:55:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3937495": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hillary Clinton speaks the language of the NeoCons on Middle Eastern foreign policy.<br><br>That no one talks much about that is alarming.<br><br>She would be the worst possible choice for the position for  so many reasons.  <br><br>I hold out hope that all the leaks about this backfire.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_14:05:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 20, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3937149, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3947736": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am especially feeling the Bush analogy. A man totally unfazed...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_20:15:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "a43f021c11b2e6b394c6c3002f6cece0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3937044, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3941083": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you!  I'm amazed at how people are already thinking that this man has lost his mind because he wants HRC as his Secretary of State (OMG!! No He didn't!!).  It's funny, because had Obama not run for POTUS these same people probably would have voted for her.  The man has a good track record (as for as these things go) so far, so I am going to give him and Hilary the benefit of the doubt.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_17:04:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "6d8bd6e6ae6e9c752a15d17f1b41743d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3937494, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3942624": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Honey, that \"ewwwwwww\" feeling that you are obviously getting is the first stage of MFCD Syndrome. Mark my words, with this lady at State, drama is inevitable! I cannot bear the thought. <br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_18:35:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3942486, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3938024": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I really don't like Hillary Clinton.  Hard to imagine her as SecState visiting Bosnia, when her \"sniper fire\" lie is replayed all over TV and the Internet.  But it looks like Obama is trying to start out with as few enemies as possible.  Later, if someone disappoints him, he'll be in a good position to get rid of them.  <br>It's strange to say, considering how much I dislike Hillary, but she just might \"rise to the occassion\" and be a good SecState.  Bill might be put to good use in the Middle East.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_14:37:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "0ac343e6c4318c6c1357f53a334d4088", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3949292": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "TruthSeeker, this detachment you speak of is very palpble.  I noticed it specically when she spoke at the DNC. When she invoked Harriet Tubman,   I'm like, not feeling you, honey.  She'  stone cold heartless.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_21:59:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3941786, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3938543": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not after her 2008 run.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:02:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3935794, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3934960": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I trust President Elect Obama, but I still don't get it.  I'm listening to all of these talking heads tout her attributes and assets, the same folks who forewarned that Obama would be steam rolled by the highly disciplined juggernaut known as the Clinton Machine.  Well we learned that was utter bull shit.  She and her team were undisciplined, indecisive, disorganized and disloyal.  And it has continued with the slow roll out of this announcement.  I'm sorry, but I just don't understand why President Elect Obama and his closest advisers, namely Axelrod and Jarrett, would want this.  I just don't.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_11:55:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3939569": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Co-signing, Sepia  <br><br>Adding to #4.Hillary couldn't run her own presidential primary campaign, so how can she run the Dept. of State?  She can't.  Hillary couldn't run Monica Lewinsky's ass from under the Oval office desk while she was giving Bubba head.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:42:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3938244, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3950323": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Justice58, indeed EVERYTHING MUST GO!  THIS INCLUDES HILLARY!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_23:53:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3950224, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3937524": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I am troubled at the idea of Clinton as Secretary of State.  She showed herself to be anything but diplomatic in her approach to the presidential campaign.  I am troubled that such a vicious person might be representing this country to the world.  It is truly unsettling.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_14:07:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "NVolle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3947902": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hell yeah, you're right!  First, the New York Times says Hillary  has accepted then almost an hour later, MSNBC reports that Hillary is still discussing the possibility! What?   This sh%t is changing way too much!  Something is not right here!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_20:30:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3942564, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3934966": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "spirit:               Me 2.          LOL!  :&gt;)<br><br><b>T</b>ea and <b>T</b>urkey!   YUK!     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_11:55:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3934386, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3949314": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Kudos to the BBCAmerica for keeping it real.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_22:01:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "freespiritbty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3943886, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3937494": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My biggest wish is that folks would stop over analyzing every decision and let the man do what he needs to do. Given the way he ran the campaign I've no reason to believe that each choice isn't made carefully and for strategic reasons. As for the lack of latinos...I don't think he's finished selecting cabinet members so just be a little patient why don't you!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_14:05:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "a87e3ca18398cd9d705c8f3934a2984c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935494": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "H. Clinton has little or no international experience.  Moreover, this choice rewards Clinton for her participatory role in sending our military into Iraq; an action for which she still has not shown any reqret or contrition.<br><br>Since there's no practical reason for this choice, I can only conclude that it's based on cold, calculated politics.   Whether it's trying to keep a tight leash on her, or whether he bluffing, I have to say ...<br><br><b>if this is true</b>, this is an ill-ad-f*cking-vised move, Mr. President.  I love you sir, but bad move.   I don't care about 2012 or who might or might not run against you.  I care about shyt gettin' done right.  And Hillary ain't right.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:23:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3942663": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Hillary couldn't run Monica Lewinsky's ass from under the Oval office desk while she was giving Bubba head.</i><br><br>Okay, Spirit, it's clear who has been influencing you and it ain't me.<br><br>Town???? ROFLMAO!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_18:38:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3939569, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3939592": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Because he wants us to be able to digest our turkey! LOL!<br><br>Or maybe he thinks he won't sound so much  like a \"jive turkey\" then! LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:43:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3939484, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3938058": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Hillary Clinton speaks the language of the NeoCons on Middle Eastern foreign policy.<br><br>That no one talks much about that is alarming.</i><br><br>That's what I've been saying.  She enabled Bush to launch a foolish and immoral war, and has shown no regret or contrition about it.  <br><br>And whether or not her nomination is true, once again the media perception isn't that President Obama may extend her a gracious offer, but that she's once again successfully wedged her fat, pasty ass into a situation that benefits only her, and was somehow \"successful\" in negotiating her way forward.<br><br>That's why I hate today's \"White Girl Media\".  It's all about <i>them</i> and nobody else.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_14:39:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3937495, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935506": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b> No Hillary.....Not Now.....Not Ever!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:24:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3937044": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Are we Pam? Are we gonna wake up and find Bobby in the shower and the entire year was all a dream? So he's capitulating. He's done it before. This will not be the last time. I still 'hope' for an effective Obama administration. At least this gets her out of the Senate. Now we'll see how long it takes for her, Bill and Joe to mess something up. Any disappointment we feel is because we bought into the symbolism of a fantastic message running smack into reality. He had to pay the piper for their \"support\". Hopefully that's a debt paid....but we'll see. I would've rather had Colin Powell back as tarnished as he is rather than her. She is not going to listen to him and I just hope it blows up in her face and he can get rid of her without it derailing his entire administration. In a way I wish he would run things like Bush: bulldoze his way, not tell anybody anything, have the media in his pocket but run the gov't competently. But he's the Black president and he'll never get away with doing that. Round 1 - Obama, Round 2- Clintons.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_13:43:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3946775": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL & Town, LOL!  Both of you do for sure.  BIRDS O F A FEATHER......", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:56:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3942663, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3936389": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree w/this post.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_13:08:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "msationalone", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3934078, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3945250": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The last time we relaxed, a concentrated effort to rescind civil rights and liberties got underway as far back as 1978.<br><br>The price of freedom is ETERNAL VIGILANCE.  Freedom Ain't Free.  And Mr. Obama campaigned on a platform of ACCOUNTABILITY, so we have every RIGHT to analyze who he puts in his Cabinet because his choices reflects whether or not he's truly for CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN, or if he's just another damned Politician.<br><br>If we don't demand NOW, we pay for his choices LATER.  And they may be bills that I don't want to pay, and therefore, silence is tacit consent to POTUS and don't get mad when you protest after the deal is done because silence communicates to Mr. Obama that we're okay with what he's doing.<br><br>Everyone else will be faster on the trigger than we are now - Kos is already trying to whip up protest against these Cabinet picks.  This is no time to bury our heads in the sand.  Trust...but VERIFY.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:30:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3937494, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3944155": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Word.  And after sitting in a lecture last night on how badly America has failed to understand what is Muslim, your comments about Hillary gives me the same degrees of trepidation in dealing in the Middle East.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:21:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3943362, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3941160": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "it's happening already. The O man is getting a school named after him!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jiOvEhrMtixXjrBEshNB3EzurROwD94JEU0O6\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALe...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_17:10:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ladyvenoms", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3937578": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obviously that's not a question; rather a plea.  But there are no takers here.<br><br>HRC and her team of back-knifers ... \"are who we *thought* they were.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_14:10:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3937149, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3944751": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's sounding more like Traitor Joe Lieberman.  Last night I sat in on a lecture with a professor who got called by Lieberman to testify on the Hill about attacking the Muslims in the Middle East and the professor essentially stated he frustrated Lieberman because he wouldn't go on record and call Muslims \"terrorists\" because to do that would mean you were labeling American-born Muslims \"terrorists\" as well.<br><br>Lieberman blew him off, and then used the guy's testimony to continue his lies against the Muslim populations in the Middle East because of loyalty to Israel.<br><br>Ugh, Ugh and Double Ugh.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:26:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3942523, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm not so much worried about deliberate efforts to undermine him but her incompetence.  We were over sold on her competency before the start of the primaries.  She couldn't manage a campaign that had been in the making for years.  What are these \"assets\" everyone is talking about that would make her a good manager of an entire Department?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_11:58:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3933782, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3936053": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm getting annoyed that people are tripping over the lack of Latinos in the Cabinet. I don't want him to appoint anyone because they are Latino. I want him to pick someone because they are the best one for the job- given the specific needs of the Administration.<br><br>Question to the smart people on this website: What cabinet position could be/ would be responsible for revamping immigration? I admit that this politics world is a new one for me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:51:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3938104": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If it's true, it's a bad reason to nominate somebody.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_14:41:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3938024, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3940153": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah,<br><br>Here's an article with photo<br><br><a href=\"http://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/bios/banks/pres02.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/bios/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_16:08:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3940119, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3941691": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Any disappointment we feel is because we bought into the symbolism of a fantastic message running smack into reality. </i><br><br>That is serious truth IMO.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_17:49:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3937044, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3949375": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think Hillary's ethics are so compromised, she can't possibly act as a credible Secretary of State in an Obama administration. <br><br>And she <a href=\"http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/al-giordano/2008/11/us-secretary-state-cautionary-tale\" rel=\"nofollow\">doesn't back up her international human rights rhetoric with action</a>.<br><br>And she's secretive to a fault.<br><br>If Barack wants to make this statement with her as head of State, then so be it. <br><br>Hillary Clinton is out of her mind.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_22:09:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3948507, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3950219": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "adriana:   HEY!   :&gt;)<br><br>NOW it has been stated that <b>BILL RICHARDSON</b> WILL B nominated for <b>COMMERCE SECRETARY!</b>  Whooo!  Hooo!  :&gt;)<br><br>NOW U can \"STAND DOWN.\"  [I learned that from D.]  :&gt;)<br><br>I'm thinking that you are aware of the following:<br><br>1.  <a href=\"http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/_client/pdf/HB100influentials_2007.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">100 MOST INFLUENTIAL Hispanics</a><br><br>2.  <a href=\"http://www.hispanicengineer.com/artman/publish/printer_76.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow\">TOP HISPANICS In Government & Education</a><br><br>3.  <a href=\"http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/influentials/\" rel=\"nofollow\">MOST INFLUENTIAL HISPANICS</a><br><br>No intent to be condescending.  This is a show of <b>PRIDE!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_23:39:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3943081, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3948358": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I can deal with that!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_21:12:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3948042, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3938631": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I co sign this", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:07:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "245857794a8d4da90a73fbb64352b916", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3937494, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3940169": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It is human to make a mistake.<br><br>But every time I heard Clinton mention her Iraq vote, she always said that she made it based on the information that was available at the time.<br><br>So did she lie? No. Did she just go off half cocked? No. Clinton did what 77 other members of the Senate did (including Kerry, Edwards, Biden, Lieberman (he was still a democrat then)).<br><br>They made a judgement call based on the information that was available to them at the time. Now, they can all regret that vote, and that's fair (considering the circumstances). <br><br>But to <i>apologize</i> for it; to essentially say that they didn't know what they were doing or didn't pay attention, speaks to a certain weakness that <i>no one</i> should want in their leaders.<br><br>If you have the courage to voice an opinion, have the courage of conviction to stand by it. Otherwise, you should just say nothing at all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_16:09:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3940000, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3956560": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thank you for posting those lists Green Lady. I have read lots of those before. There are some Latinos who are very well qualified, and many more that just haven't been given the opportunity yet. I have lots of commentary about this on my own blog. <br><br>And yes, Richardson for Commerce Secretary will be a big positive. :) He could always play musical chairs and do Sec. of State in a 2nd Obama administration.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-22_14:53:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "adriana01", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3950219, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3942739": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Which is why I put in the update when I saw it on the AP wire.<br><br>Did she <i>honestly</i> think she would be able to keep both jobs?<br><br>Maybe it's a way for her to GRACEFULLY turn down the offer and allow Obama to go with another pick.<br><br>I do like the fact of Geithner at Treasury and the fact that Richardson might get Commerce, but we need to also remember Obama can nominate but the Senate gets to confirm, and as said downthread, if he goes with Hillary, those Senate confirmation hearings might be very interesting, especially when they bring up Bubba's dealings (in the bedroom as well as out of it).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_18:44:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3942564, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3939682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Fair enough, sir.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:45:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3939406, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3958116": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama is shaking the trees for Valerie Jarrett to take his place, it is said.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-22_17:48:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3945627, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3941221": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!<br><br>I'm not submitting until I hear him say it. <br>However, if this is true: I, <i>of course</i>, believe this is the wrong choice. If it is, we'll just have to wait for this bite him in the butt. To quote T. some post below me, she brings <b>MFCD</b> \"More Fucking Clinton Drama\". Hopefully Mrs. Clinton surprises us all and becomes a team player. I hope she shocks us all....I really do. <br><br>Y'all know I was Team Richardson from jump, because he <i>actually has more experience</i>. I think this is a spit in the face of Richardson, but who am I, just a voter with an opinion.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_17:13:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935591": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm not thrilled, but I'm not freaked either.  I loathe Hillary, but she is not Sarah Palin. She has a brain. She's a talented person. It's already had the added benefit of making Bill sit and stay (he opened up his financial records for review, he wouldn't even do that when Hillary was running for President). <br><br>If it makes any of you feel any better, just think about the fact that Hillary will have to be at the White House for meetings. And every time President Obama enters the room, she'll have to stand up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:28:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "b45f45c3d16eaa32e1783c1d1798a893", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3939689": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Unfortunately I think you are right, Ronnie B. Maybe she will surprise us and I hope she does for the sake of the country!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:45:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3937578, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3941226": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NO. NO.NO.NO.NO.NO.NO.NO!!! Clinton fatigue setting in.<br><br>Heavy sigh....CPL.  Co-signing every word of your post.  <br><br>I'm tuning out the traditional media for awhile.  For the next week it's going to be me watching puppy cams, movies, CNBC, HGTV, soaps, and court shows because the media spin has broken my bullshit meter.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_17:14:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "freespiritbty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3949422": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's the curse of Scorpio. <br><br>The evolved ones get through it.<br><br>Hillary is not evolved.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_22:14:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3949292, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3934063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "For the love of God...People Bill Richardson will be put in another position for Obama. I heard Obama has alot of different Latino picks for many other positions. Calm down and let the man finish picking out people for the jobs he has left open to fill.<br>  None of you will be happy with who Obama picks to work for him \"Someone or Somebody will have a thousand reasons why he should pick there personal guy/girl for that position.\" I care less if he picked a Purple alien named Twisting just as long as the person gets the job done.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_11:03:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "17e81cb69b3f58788d3669e136de85d8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3939411": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "qmastertoo:  HEY!  :&gt;)    Possibly:  <b>BILL RICHARDSON</b>  COMMERCE SECRETARY.  Just announced on MSNBC.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:35:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3935720, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3948507": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok. I'm putting on my tinfoil hat. <br><br>1. He already has a copy of the donor lists.<br>2. He is genuinely putting out an offer to her. The moment of trust is whether the lists they release to his people match what he has. If it does, then they're serious. <br>I don't think he believes for one moment that the list WILL MATCH. But, miracles happen. <br>3. The conditions that he places on her being SOS- WITH REGARDS TO BUBBA, is attempting to put a cap on him, and having her under thumb.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_21:25:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3947668, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3936632": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "There is speculation that Bill Richardson might take DNC Chair after Dean steps down.   <br><br>2012 is right around the corner and Latinos are the fastest growing segment of the population.  The GOP will undoubtedly attempt to pull them into the tent as part of their \"Phoenix\" strategy since I can't imagine they'd expend major resources on us with Obama as POTUS.  If not Richardson, who?   <br><br>Also, a Richardson appointment to SoS is still possible; Hillary just gets first crack at it.  Remember how Powell and Rice worked out?<br><br>I think Mr. O has got this.  As long as he gets the POLICY OUTCOMES he seeks, this other b.s. is just noise.  <br><br>p.s.  Was the withdrawl of Pritzker's nod for Commerce a leak... or a means to identify a leak??   <br><br>:: adjusts tin foil hat ::  LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_13:23:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3937149": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why do people hate Hillary so much? The campaign is over with and she did her thing for Obama after she lost. Why not take your opponent, who you already know is tough and sharp and make her one of your top allies? He needs tough people around him so he's clean of any fallout from controversy. I think it's a smart move, and she'll do well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_13:48:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "cc6569f8cbd4abd6bef53a2f883f8ca5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 27, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3934078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.<br><br>I think Obama picking Clinton gives both of the Clintons an interest in the success of Obama's administration.  That may turn out to be false, but sec of state is a high profile position.  Any undermining of Obama could easily be seen as treason and pretty much obliterate the Clinton legacy.<br><br>Also, Obama has repeatedly shown he knows how to handle pretty much all comers.  I think the move should be given time to see how it works.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_11:04:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "2d36e204431c849b183c0c9717f2a3a3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3941252": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OMG!!!! I was thinking about this since March when it looked like this was actually possible. OMG, I'mma cry y'all, I can't believe this!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_17:15:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3941160, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3956613": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "adrina:  U  R  welcome.  My pleasure!  Annnnnnd, I learned some things 2!! :&gt;)<br><br>Again, I posted with RESPECT to you!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Thank you for seeing that!:&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-22_15:01:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3956560, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3936652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I admit this is a big gamble.  HUGE gamble.  It's possible that she fights him at every turn - disagreeing with every decision, strategy, or tactic.  It's possible that she'll fight to hire all her own people within State, giving her an independent power base within the executive branch.  It's possible this blows up in Obama's face.<br><br>But, there is one really big reason to like this move - it's all Hillary has left.  Word is that she's utterly bored in the Senate.  She played the game in order to get her shot at the big dance.  Now that she lost, she knows it was her only kick at the can.  Let's be real, no one is challenging Obama in 2012.  The republicans keep talking about developing their state-level farm system because they know they've got 8 years before they'll really be in contention.  And is Hillary really going to sit in senate subcommittee meetings for the next 8 years and wait her turn again?  I don't think so.  What's left?<br><br>I'll tell you what's left - getting the credit for guiding the United States through two wars, a growing nuclear arms crisis with Iran, the rebuilding of the U.S.-E.U alliance (which will keep her very much in the economic loop), and the expansion of U.S. foreign aid to developing countries (another important ingredient of U.S. global capitalist imperialism - oops, I mean \"leadership\").  And she's got her enormously powerful ex-president husband who knows absolutely EVERYONE there is to know in the world to help in the process - it's a no brainer for her.  This is her last chance to make the kind of historical impact that she feels she was destined to make, but abdicated for Bill.  Now it's his turn to use up all his assets for her the way she did for him.<br><br>It's also a no-brainer for Obama (albeit quite risky).  HRC will do everything she can to succeed.  And because Obama is the president, her success is his success.  All it requires is that he be able to stand back while she gets the shine.  Fortunately for us, Obama is just that kidn of cat.  He doesn't care if people call it a co-presidency in public, as long as he knows his agenda is going forward.  And when all is said and done, it is Obama's agenda that she will carry out.  As I've said in another post, only Obama can authorize the movement of troops and money that the SOS promises.  If she steps out of line too many times and he doesn't back her up, countries will soon know that she's talking out of turn and she'll lose credibility.  She has absolutely no real power besides the power to represent the president.  If she were to go rogue and lose that creidbility she'd be useless, and she knows it.  That's the bottom line.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_13:24:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "cdef1cdf95b1026ca05a0466c4c80301", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3936144": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Enemies\" under your chin - a SMART move!<br>Do not forget that he is an intellectual, seams like he loves challenges, but unlike most intellectuals he appears to be a VERY practical person.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:56:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "ochyming", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3935903, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3949973": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Me neither, Truthseeker!<br><br>How can one get past that kind of comment! Fact is, Hillary doesn't give a d%mn & it's anything to win! Nothing is off limits!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_23:09:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3949601, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3937686": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You mean Bill owes Hillary a lot? That I agree with.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_14:17:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "b45f45c3d16eaa32e1783c1d1798a893", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3937362, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3941786": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hitchens was talking about that in a couple appearances last week...   I hated the \"obliterate Iran\" comment like she was ordering a side of fries.    The thing is, Hillary looks detached even when she's saying this stuff..what does she really believe, exactly?   The tough talk doesn't convince me, and still the detachment is menacing.    Is this all a game for her?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_17:55:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3937495, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935644": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"And every time President Obama enters the room, she'll have to stand up.\"<br><br>That is one helluva silver lining.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:30:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3935591, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3942981": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I DO NOT LIKE HILLARY FOR SOS PERIOD<br>I LOVE OBAMA BUT THIS CHOICE IF TRUE AND SAID BY OBAMA HIMSELF, THEN HE WILL LIVE WITH HIS DECISION. <br>A BAD MOVE.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_18:59:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "e393cce31e451cd3846980eb947005f8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935650": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Personally, I draw the line at Jem'Hadar.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:31:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3934063, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3953519": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can't really see Jr. in Justice working for Holder because they are two brothas with STRONG personalities.<br><br>If Jr. heads up Education, his wife can run for and probably get his Congressional seat - and that would be a first, having a CBC member's spouse actually succeed their partner in Congress.  Sandi Jackson is already an elected official - she's an Alderman in Chicago and doing very well from all accounts, but this would be a good fit.<br><br>Jr. was going to challenge Daley for Mayor of Chicago a couple of years ago, which I thought was a step down.  I'm glad he ran for re-election to his Congressional seat instead - plus, he wouldn't have to worry about re-election if he takes a Cabinet position.<br><br>But Obama has to offer it, first - so this is my wistful thinking going on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-22_09:55:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3948983, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3957062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lol! Good one!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-22_15:44:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3950323, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3939240": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "True respect is earned by someone who acknowledges a regret for an action taken.  Disdain and contempt only comes to those who are too pigheaded and mulish to admit their mistake and move forward.<br><br>That you \"respect\" the latter because it comports with your worldview, says more about you than the person to whom you're showing that \"respect.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:27:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3938509, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3933609": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This time, the \"leak\" came from an unnamed Obama Advisor who spoke on condition of anonymity.<br><br>I will happily eat crow if President-Elect Obama goes with someone else for the job, and I'm wondering why is he waiting until after Thanksgiving to make the announcement?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_10:37:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3943324": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Recommended for \"fat, pasty a**.\"<br><br>Hee.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:07:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3938058, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3942830": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EVENING THREAD IS UP", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_18:51:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3947956": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>Did you hit something when you said that?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_20:35:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3939192, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3942325": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And he probably did more too!  He's such a w%%%e", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_18:15:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3941443, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3948983": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You mentioned that before, and I didn't disagree. I just think Jr.'s not leaving that Congressional Seat unless it's a move up the ladder, electorally - <br><br>OR.....<br><br>what about a position in the Justice Department?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_21:27:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3948083, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3942559": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She's going to have to give up her Senate seat.  Okay, Hill.  Chew on that one and <i>then live with following another man's directions, or NOT.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_18:30:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3937495, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935676": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "All I can do is SMH in disgust.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:32:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3948477": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And we're not letting them off the hook!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_21:22:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3948243, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3943362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The idea of a bloodthirsty war monger like Clinton as Secretary of State really frightens me.  Also, her militant, Christian fundamentalism makes me doubt she can be an effective diplomat with foreign leaders who are Muslim.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:10:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "a01afac2453ef3641f6811f79f6f2d6a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3939898, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3938244": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "1. Please give examples where Hillary has shown that she has \"more cajones\" than all of the male Democrats in office.<br><br>2. Why are they respected? Is it because of deals that the Clintons have made over the years? If so, what were these deals and what were the ramifications of these deals?<br><br>3. She signed off to deploy American force when it was NOT necessary --- IRAQ. And let's not forget her threat to \"obliterate\" Iran.<br><br>4. Hillary couldn't run her own presidential primary campaign, so how can she run the Dept. of State?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_14:48:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3935214, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3944389": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Dayum, and I heard of this guy when I was at the Fed, but they sure as hell played down his working for that warmongering fool.<br><br>I'm gonna wait until Obama gets all his picks in place before I do any deep analytical thinking about what message he's sending to US and to the world with these Cabinet picks.<br><br>And I have yet to hear Jesse Jackson Jr's name come up in discussions for posts, either.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:23:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3942495, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3939277": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "hence Napolitano -Arizona - ground 1 for immigration ( think California is ground zero for immigration)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:29:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3936262, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3943886": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm watching BBCAmerica right now, and they're discussing Hillary for SoS and played all of the clips where she was dissing Obama in the primaries, and how problematic she would be as SoS.<br><br>If the Brits get it, why can't the Traditional Media in the United States?  &lt;&lt;&lt;eye roll&gt;&gt;&gt;", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_19:18:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3943081, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935696": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you, CPL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:33:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3934390, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3950469": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Spirit,<br><br>I swear to Gawd.....I was intending to include the same comment in my post! I'm doing too many things at once & getting a little twisted! lol<br><br>But great line tho!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-22_00:12:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3950323, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3941851": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm keeping my fingers crossed.   The O team likes to make fools of the press.   They used to release that they were worried about fundraising, the MSM would report it, then O would announce a record haul...lol.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_18:00:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3936253, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935715": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"I can\u2019t help but be afraid this choice is going to come back and burn the President, because I believe she will spend the next four years undermining Mr. Obama while trying to set herself up to challenge him in 2012.\"<br><br>This scenario sounds incredibly far-fetched. So what you believe is that the Clintons would somehow sabotage Obama's presidency for a few years, Hillary would resign in 2011 and then try to win the Democratic nomination in 2012, clearly backstabbing her former boss and attempting to fracture the Democratic party? Doesn't that sound ridiculous? This sounds like an assertion drawn from the image of the Clintons as shameless, power-hungry opportunists and has little basis in reality.<br><br>For that to even work, Obama would have to have a low approval rating around 2011 and Hillary would have to convince the Democratic primary voters that, despite being a part of the Obama administration, she offers a better direction for the country. No political machine is powerful enough to make that spin work.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:34:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "1374ed6ec5a6cf3297c191d7baa5832e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3949029": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Let's be real, no one is challenging Obama in 2012.\"<br><br>-I'm sure Hillary thought a variation of this in 2006 concerning 2008.<br>She thought she was \"entitled.\"<br>Wonder how that turned out?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_21:31:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3936652, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935207": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm going to wait until official word.  And isn't it funny, the same people who villified Hillary for 8 years and called her everything but a child of God are singing her praises? Isn't it funny the same people who are pushing Hillary for this position are war supporters?   I believe this is a case of the media trying to run Obama's show.  <br>It's the media.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:08:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "e9e4415ec669c0d6a571855a775ea53c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3934386, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935720": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It is a smack in the face for Bill Richardson and I think Obama is trying to be a little too cute. Now I have thought about the counter-argument: he must be palnning to do things that the Jews in Florida and Jersey will not like at all. He can use Hillary to talk them down in a way that he could not with Bill or Kerry. and Someone said Bill was a grabass (dont know what that means) and that Kerry wouldn't be able to stand up to Biden. It is an odd post though. It seems that any and every person who endorsed Obama will get passed over for the good jobs (V.P., SOS, SOD, National security advisor) I think that it is odd and he may pay a price in 2012 for his lack of Latinos in his cabinet. People are learning what really happens when you endorse Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:34:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "qmastertoo", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3948011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You made me laugh out loud! ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_20:40:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3939569, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3935214": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She's a good choice for a number of reasons -<br><br>1. She has more cajones that the entire male contingent of Democrats in the House and senate who were so wimp they couldn't find the courage to put even the most egregarious criminals in the Bushit administration in jail. The Foreign leaders who spent much of the last 4 years alternately ignoring and laughing at Condo know the game is up.<br><br>2. She is well known in International circles. She and her Husband are the most respected American politicians around the world in the last 30 years.<br><br>3. She is a conservative Democrat, which means she is likely to deploy American force where necessary. <br><br>4. The Department of State suffers from the same \"Brownie-zation\" as FEMA and other parts of the Government where kool-aid drinking goose stepping to the tune called by the neo-cons was considered as the singular qualification - over policy experience or gravitas. She will have to oversee a complete rebuilding of the United States State Department from the ground up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_12:08:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "a467514886b7e0129a29898ae02e3050", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3936851": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "let me rephrase my last sentence... was the Pritzker announcement a leak or a way to indentify the source of leaks?   <br><br>Just seems odd that someone would withdraw their name AFTER the fact. <br>:: shrugs ::", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_13:33:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3936632, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3939832": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Agreed.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_15:50:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "4c799f09fe7192438a05f9823714a8ff", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3933782, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3936253": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is not a done deal. This is the second time in as many weeks that this announcement has been made. Andrea Mitchell and the AP are not journalists. We should all know that by now.<br><br>The hacks can't stop obsessing about Clintonian Drama and neither can we, or so it seems.<br><br>::<br><br>From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann<br>*** So is It done? Call us skeptical, but why is it hard to believe that the news that Obama and Clinton have worked everything out and the appointment will take place just after Thanksgiving is something that will hold? There's going to be more pauses and skeptical stories about this happening between now and whenever the State announcement happens. It's the only way, right? Just consider this passage in today\u2019s New York Times: \u201cOne friend said Mrs. Clinton decided late Wednesday to say no, reasoning that she would have more freedom in the Senate. 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	if (this._lastHash !== hash) {
		this._lastHash = hash;
		this.log('recv: ' + hash);

		this.log(' flags: ' + flags);
		this.log(' seqno: ' + seqno + ' len: ' + hash.substring(4, 24).length + ' (' + hash.substring(4, 24) + ')');
		this.log(' data: ' + data + ' len: ' + data.length);

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

		if (flags & this.WRITING) {
			this._accumMsg += data;
			this.sendFlag(this.ACK, seqno);
			if (flags & this.FIN) {
				this.log('recv finished: ' + decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));
				this.receiveCallback(decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));

				this._accumMsg = '';

				this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
			}
		}
	}

	return {
		flags: flags,
		seqno: seqno,
		data: data
	};
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendRawPacket = function(packet) {
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
		this.writer.name = packet;
	} else {

		this.writer.location.href = this.writer_url + '#' + packet;
	}

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendFlag = function(flag, seqno) {
	this.sendRawPacket(this._zerofill(flag, 4) + this._zerofill(seqno, 20));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {
	this._send(0, encodeURIComponent(msg));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._send = function(packetNum, msg) {
	var that = this;
	var recvBuf = this.recv();

	if (packetNum === 0) {

		if (!(recvBuf.flags & this.READY)) {
			this.log('client is not ready, waiting...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		}
	} else {

		if (!( (recvBuf.flags & this.ACK) && (recvBuf.seqno === this._lastSeqno) )) {
			this.log('waiting for ack from client...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		} else {
			this.log('received ack: ' + this._lastSeqno + ' ' + recvBuf.seqno);
		}
	}

	var flags = this.WRITING;
	var num_packets = Math.ceil(msg.length / this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	this.log('num_packets: ' + num_packets);

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

		this.log('message successfully sent!');
		this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
		return true;
	}

	this._lastSeqno++;

	if (packetNum == num_packets-1) {
		flags |= this.FIN;
	}

	var data = msg.substring(packetNum * this.MAX_DATA_LEN, (packetNum+1) * this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	var packet = this._zerofill(flags, 4) + this._zerofill(this._lastSeqno, 20) + data;

	this.log('sending raw packet: ' + packet);
	this.sendRawPacket(packet);

	return this._send(packetNum + 1, msg);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._zerofill = function(num, width) {
	var retval = num.toString();
	var retval_len = retval.length;
	for (var i = 0; i < width - retval_len; i++) {
		retval = '0' + retval;
	}
	return retval;
};

var PostMessagePacket = function(receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId) {
	var that = this;
	this.receiver = receiver;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;
	this.id = id;


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;

	var listener = function(e) {

		if (!that.id) {
			that.id = e.data;
			return;
		}


		var id = e.data.split(';')[0];
		if (id !== that.id) {
			return;
		}
		var data = e.data.substring(e.data.indexOf(';') + 1);

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

	if (typeof window.attachEvent == 'function') {
		window.attachEvent('onmessage', listener);
	} else if (typeof window.addEventListener == 'function') {
		window.addEventListener('message', listener, false);
	} else {
		throw new Error('No method found to create event listener for PostMessagePacket.');
	}
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



	var needs_reget = false;
	try {
		if (typeof this.receiver.id == 'undefined' || typeof this.receiver.postMessage == 'undefined') {
			needs_reget = true;
		}
	} catch(e) {


	}
	if (needs_reget && typeof this.receiverId != 'undefined') {
		this.receiver = document.getElementById(this.receiverId).contentWindow;
	}

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

		packet = this.id;
	} else {
		packet = this.id + ';' + msg;
	}
	this.receiver.postMessage(packet, '*');
};

PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = null;
PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id = function() {
	var id = (new Date()).getTime();
	if (id == PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id) {
		id++;
	}
	PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = id;
	return id.toString();
};

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

	this.objectToJSON = function(obj) {
		var json = '';
		var results = [];

		if (obj === undefined || obj === null) {
			return 'null';
		}

		switch (obj.constructor) {
			case Object:
				for (var property in obj) {
					if (obj.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
						results.push(this.objectToJSON(property) + ': ' + this.objectToJSON(obj[property]));
					}
				}
				json = '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
				break;
			case Array:
				for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
					results.push(this.objectToJSON(obj[i]));
				}
				json = '[' + results.join(', ') + ']';
				break;
			case Number:
			case Boolean:
				json = obj.toString();
				break;
			case String:

				var specialChars = {'\b': '\\b', '\t': '\\t', '\n': '\\n', '\f': '\\f', '\r': '\\r', '\\': '\\\\'};

				json = obj.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/g, function(match) {
					var ch = specialChars[match];
					return ch ? ch : '\\u00' + match.charCodeAt().toPaddedString(2, 16);
				});

				json = '"' + json.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
				break;
			default:

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

	this.createHandler = function(send_func, registered_funcs) {
		var that = this;
		var handler = function(message) {

			try {
				var rpc = eval('(' + message + ')');
			} catch(e) {
				alert('bad JSON: ' + message);
				return;
			}
			if (rpc.method) {

				if (!registered_funcs[rpc.method]) {
					return;
				}

				var retval = registered_funcs[rpc.method].apply(null, rpc.params);
				if (rpc.id) {
					var response = {
						result: retval,
						error: null,	// TODO
						id: rpc.id
					};
					send_func(that.objectToJSON(response));
				}
			} else if(rpc.result) {

				if (!that.ids[rpc.id]) {
					return;
				}

				that.ids[rpc.id](rpc.result);
				delete that.ids[rpc.id];
			}
		};
		return handler;
	};

	this.execute = function(send_func, method, params, response_callback) {
		response_callback = response_callback || null;
		var id = (response_callback) ? (new Date()).getTime() : null;

		var request = {
			method: method,
			params: params,
			id: id
		};

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

		if (id) {
			this.ids[id] = response_callback;
		}
	};
};
JsonRpc = new JsonRpc();

var ParentMessenger = function(childUrl, receiverUrl, container, receiveCallback) {


	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') >= 0 && parseInt(navigator.userAgent.substring(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Version/') + 8), 10) == 3) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	} else if (window.opera) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}



	if (!receiverUrl &&
		navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') >= 0 &&
		parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.slice(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 3, navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 6)) < 1.9) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}


	if (/msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {


		if (document.domain == window.location.hostname) {
			receiverUrl = '';
		}
	}

	var that = this;
	this.childUrl = childUrl;
	this.receiverUrl = receiverUrl;
	this.container = container || document.body;

	this.packetHandler = null;


	this._ready = false;
	this._error = false;


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

		that.receiver = document.createElement('iframe');
		that.receiver.src = receiverUrl;
		that.receiver.id = 'receiver_' + (new Date()).getTime();
		that.receiver.name = that.receiver.id;

		that.receiver.frameBorder = '0';
		that.receiver.frameSpacing = '0';
		that.receiver.style.borderStyle = 'none';

		var receiver_onload = function() {
			var receiver = document.getElementById(that.receiver.id).contentWindow;

			try {
				receiver.document.body.innerHTML = '';
			} catch(e) {

				that._error = true;
			}
			receiver.document.body.style.padding = '0px';
			receiver.document.body.style.margin = '0px';

			var child = receiver.document.createElement('iframe');
			child.id = 'child';
			child.name = 'child';
			child.src = that.childUrl;

			child.frameBorder = '0';
			child.frameSpacing = '0';
			child.style.borderStyle = 'none';
			child.style.width = '100%';
			child.style.height = '100%';
			receiver.document.body.appendChild(child);

			that.child = receiver.document.getElementById('child').contentWindow;
			that.receiver = receiver;

			that.packetHandler = new FragmentPacket(that.receiver, that.child, that.childUrl, false, receiveCallback);

			that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();

			that.packetHandler.sendFlag(that.packetHandler.READY, 0);

			that._ready = true;
		};

		that.receiver.onreadystatechange = function() {
			if (this.readyState == 'complete') {
				receiver_onload();
			}
		};

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







		if (Dsq.Utils.ie) {
			if (that.container.clientWidth === 0) {

				var _waitForWidth = function() {
					if (that.container.clientWidth > 0) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					} else {
						window.setTimeout(_waitForWidth, 100);
					}
				};
				_waitForWidth();

				that._once = false;
				that.receiver.onresize = function() {
					if (!that._once) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					}
					that._once = true;
				};
			}
		}

		that.container.appendChild(that.receiver);
	};


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

			that.packetHandler.send();
			that._ready = true;
		};

		var id = PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id();
		var receiverId = 'child_' + id;


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

		that.container.innerHTML += '<iframe ' +
			'src="' + childUrl + '" ' +
			'id="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'name="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'onload="ParentMessenger._receiver_onload_' + receiverId +'();" ' +
			'></iframe>';

		that.receiver = document.getElementById(receiverId).contentWindow;
		that.packetHandler = new PostMessagePacket(that.receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId);
		that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();
	};

	if (typeof window.postMessage == 'function') {
		_createReceiverForPostMessage();
	} else {
		_createReceiverForFragmentPacket();
	}

};

ParentMessenger.prototype.sendMessage = function(message) {
	var that = this;
	if (!this._ready) {

		window.setTimeout(function() { that.sendMessage(message); }, 10);
		return;
	}
	this.packetHandler.send(message);
	return true;
};

Dsq.NewFrames = function(url) {
	this.url = url;
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype.init = function(onFailure) {
	var that = this;

	try {
		this.messenger = new ParentMessenger(this.url, Dsq.jsonData.integration.receiver_url, this.container, this.receive_callback);
	} catch(e) {
		if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
			onFailure();
		}
	}

	if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
		var iId = window.setInterval(function() {
			if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				return;
			}
			if (that.messenger._ready) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
			} else if (that.messenger._error) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				onFailure();
			}
		}, 10);
	}
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype._execute = function(method, args, callback) {
	var that = this;
	if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
		return false;
	}
	JsonRpc.execute(
		function(msg) { that.messenger.sendMessage(msg); },
		method,
		args || [],
		callback);
	return true;
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame = function(container, parent_post_id) {
	var that = this;
	this.container = container;
	this.parent_post_id = parent_post_id;

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

		Dsq.Debug.log('Dsq.ReplyFrame.sendFunc');
		that.messenger.sendMessage(msg);
	};


	var postComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		Dsq.jsonData.posts[response.message.id] = response.message.post_meta;
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key]) {
			Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key] = response.message.user_meta;
		}


		var reply_position = (typeof(disqus_insert_wrt_sort) == 'undefined' 
			? (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reply_position ? -1 : null) 
			: (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? null : -1));
		
		if (response.message.post_meta.approved) {
			Dsq.Post.insert(response.message.post_meta.parent_post_id || reply_position, response.message.id, response.message.post_meta.message);
		}

		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var postComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(response.message, 'Error');
		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onFailure(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var editComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);
		
		message.innerHTML = response.message;
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
	
	var editComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('Sorry, there was an error editing this comment.', 'Edit Error');
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	var getUserByEmail_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var msg = response.message;
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(parent_post_id);

		if (msg.username) {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'login', {
				'username': msg.username,
				'display_name': msg.display_name,
				'avatar_url': msg.avatar_url,
				'verified': msg.verified,
				'email': fields.email.value
			});
		} else {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'register');
		}
	};

	var validateAuth_onSuccess = function(response, auth_choice) {
		Dsq.Templates.postComment(parent_post_id, null, true, auth_choice);
	};

	var validateAuth_onFailure = function(response, auth_choice) {
		var pid = parent_post_id ? '-' + parent_post_id : '';
		var msg = response.message;

		if (auth_choice == 'register') {
			var fields = ['email', 'username', 'password'];

			for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
				var field = fields[i];
				var errorDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-' + field + '-errors' + pid);

				if (msg[field]) {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = msg[field];
				} else {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = '';
				}
			}
		} else if (auth_choice == 'login') {
			Dsq.$('dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid).innerHTML = '<p>We couldn\'t log you in. Please verify your login.</p>';
		}
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.receive_callback = JsonRpc.createHandler(sendFunc, {
		'postComment.onSuccess': postComment_onSuccess,
		'postComment.onFailure': postComment_onFailure,
		'editComment.onSuccess': editComment_onSuccess,
		'editComment.onFailure': editComment_onFailure,		
		'getUserByEmail.onSuccess': getUserByEmail_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onSuccess': validateAuth_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onFailure': validateAuth_onFailure,
		'reload': function() { window.location.reload(); }
	});

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=clinton_gets_the_nod_for_secretary_of_state' +
		'&ff=' + Dsq.Thread.ff +
		'&default_text=' + disqus_default_text +
		'&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
	if (this.parent_post_id) {
		this.url += '&parent_post=' + this.parent_post_id;
	}
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype = new Dsq.NewFrames(Dsq.ReplyFrame.url);

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.post = function(author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe) {
	this._execute('postComment', [author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.edit = function(post_id, message) {
	this._execute('editComment', [post_id, message]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.setState = function(parent_post_id, depth) {
	this._execute('setState', [parent_post_id, depth]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.getUserByEmail = function(email) {
	this._execute('getUserByEmail', [email]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.validateAuth = function(auth_choice, email, username, password) {
	this._execute('validateAuth', [auth_choice, email, username, password]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.authenticateFacebook = function(session, forum_url) {
	this._execute('authenticateFacebook', [session, forum_url]);
};

	Dsq.Facebook = function() {
	var that = this;

	var handleSessionData = function(session) {

		var forum_url = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;




		if (typeof disqus_facebook_forum != 'undefined') {
			forum_url = disqus_facebook_forum;
		}
		Dsq.frames.reply_0.authenticateFacebook(session, forum_url);
	};

	var onLogin = function() {
		FB.Connect.getSignedPublicSessionData(handleSessionData);
	};

	this.login = function() {
		FB.Connect.requireSession(onLogin, true);
	};
};
Dsq.Facebook = new Dsq.Facebook();


	






Dsq.Themes = {};

Dsq.Themes.narcissus = new function() {
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-form-area';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-textarea-wrapper';



	
	this.header = function() {
		var comments_count, total_posts, num_posts;
		var html = '';
		var missing_perm_tmpl;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.missing_perm) {
			missing_perm_tmpl = Dsq.Templates.missingPermissions();
			if (missing_perm_tmpl) {
				html += '<div class="dsq-missing-permissions">' + missing_perm_tmpl + '</div>';
			}
		}

		total_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.total_posts;
		num_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_posts;

		if (total_posts) {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL(total_posts, num_posts);
		} else {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION(num_posts);
		}

		html += ' \
		<div id="dsq-comments-title"> \
			<h3>' + comments_count + '</h3> \
		</div> \
		';

		html += ' \
		<div class="dsq-options"> \
			<span class="dsq-item-sort">'
				+ Dsq.Strings.SORT_BY + ' \
				<select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);"> \
					<option value="hot" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 4 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.POPULAR_NOW + '</option> \
					<option value="best" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 3 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.BEST_RATING + '</option> \
					<option value="newest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.NEWEST_FIRST + '</option> \
					<option value="oldest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 1 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.OLDEST_FIRST + '</option> \
				</select> \
				&nbsp; \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<span id="dsq-subscribe">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.subscribed
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.UNSUBSCRIBE + '</a>'
						: '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL + '</a>')
				+ '</span> \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-rss" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png" alt="" /> \
				<a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/clinton_gets_the_nod_for_secretary_of_state/latest.rss">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS + '</a> \
			</span> \
		</div> \
		';

		
		

		return html;

	};
	
	this.footer = function() {
		var html = '';

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
		
			html += Dsq.Templates.realtime();
			html += Dsq.Templates.showThreadSettings();
			html += Dsq.Templates.postBox();

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) {
 			html += ' \
				<div class="dsq-global-moderator-extras">'
					+ '<strong>shortname:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url
					+ '<strong>thread id:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.id
					+ '<strong>thread slug:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.slug
				+ '</div> \
			';
		}

		return html;
	};
	
	this.realtime = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			html += '<div id="dsq-realtime-options" class="dsq-options">'
					 + Dsq.Strings.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS + ' <strong id="dsq-realtime-status" style="text-transform: lowercase">' + Dsq.Strings.ENABLED + '</strong>. \
					 <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-toggle" style="text-transform: capitalize"></a> \
					</div>';
		}

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += ' \
				<div style="display: none" id="dsq-realtime-alert" class="dsq-realtime-alert"><span id="dsq-realtime-queued"></span> <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-show"></a></div> \
			';
		}
		
		return html;
	};

	this.showThreadSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '<div id="dsq-thread-settings" class="dsq-thread-settings">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATOR_OPTIONS;
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showSettings(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.SETTINGS + '</a>';
		if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled && Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.reportMissingReactions(); return false;">'
						+ Dsq.Strings.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS
						+ '</a>';
		}
		html +='</div>';

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


		var html;
		var display_sharing_options = Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated;

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post) {
			return '';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain)) {
				display_sharing_options = false;
			}
		}
		
		if (post_id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];				
		}
		
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

			html = '<div class="dsq-request-user-info"> <!-- // If authenticated --> \
				<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT + '?ctkn=' + Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN + '" class="dsq-request-user-logout">' + Dsq.Strings.LOGOUT + '</a> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td rowspan="2">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '')
								+ '<img src="' + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR + '" width="48" height="48" class="dsq-request-user-avatar">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-name">'
								+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
									 ? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '</span>'
									 : (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_verified
											? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span>'
											: '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span>'))
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '') 
								+ Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username 
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
							+  (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && user_has_email ? ' <small>(<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.remoteAccountSettings(); return false;">change settings</a>)</small>' : '')
							+  (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <small>(<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/info/" target="_blank">change name</a> or <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/avatar/" target="_blank">picture</a>)</small>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-stats"> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count == 1 ? 'comment' : 'comments') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count == 1 ? 'like' : 'likes') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.points + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.points == 1 ? 'point' : 'points') + '</span> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		var _loginOptions = function() {
			var html;
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-authenticate"> \
				<p class="dsq-autheneticate-copy">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
					? Dsq.Strings.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A + ' <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. ' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.LOGIN_BELOW + '.'
					: Dsq.Strings.REQUIRED + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT + '.')
				+ '</p> \
				<ul class="dsq-login-buttons">'
					+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-disqus.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Facebook.login(); return false;"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-facebook.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-twitter.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false" ><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-openid.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_yahoo ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Yahoo.startYahooConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-yahoo.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
				+ '</ul> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {



				return '<div id="dsq-form-area" style="display:none"><div id="dsq-textarea-wrapper"></div></div>' + _loginOptions();
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<div id="' + (post_id 
			? 'dsq-reply-post-' + post_id
			: 'dsq-new-post')
		 	+ '" class="dsq-post-area"> \
			<div class="dsq-dc-logo"> \
				<a href="http://disqus.com/comments" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/disqus-logo.png"></a> \
			</div>'
			+ (post_id 
				? '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.REPLYING_TO + ' ' + userData.display_name + '</h3>'
				: '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT + '</h3>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated 
				? _requestUserInfo()
				: _loginOptions() )
			+ '<div id="dsq-form-area' + pid + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-textarea"> \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper" id="dsq-textarea-wrapper' + pid + '"></div> \
			</div>'
			+ (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
			? ' \
			<div class="dsq-post-fields"> \
				<form action="." method="GET" onsubmit="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false); return false;"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-name' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_name ? disqus_def_name : (Dsq.jsonData.session.name ? Dsq.jsonData.session.name : Dsq.Strings.NAME + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-website' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (Dsq.jsonData.session.url ? Dsq.jsonData.session.url : Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')" class="dsq-placeholder') + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" /></div></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-email' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_email ? disqus_def_email : (Dsq.jsonData.session.email ? Dsq.jsonData.session.email : Dsq.Strings.EMAIL + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"> \
							<div class="dsq-subscribe"> \
								<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.chooseSubscribe(' + post_id + '); return false" class="dsq-subscribe-menu"><span id="dsq-subscribe-select' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post ? Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL : Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS) + '</span> <small>&#9660;</small></a> \
								<ul class="dsq-panel" id="dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid + '"> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(2, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Subscribe to all comments by email</a></li> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(0, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Do not subscribe to comments</a></li> \
								</ul> \
								<input id="dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid + '" type="hidden" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post + '" /> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
				</form> \
			</div>'
			: '')
			+ '<div class="dsq-post-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-sharing-options" ' + (!display_sharing_options ? 'style="display:none;"' : '') + '> \
					<button class="dsq-button-small" onfocus="document.getElementById(\'dsq-post-button' + pid + '\').focus();"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.SHARING_OPTIONS + ' <small>&#9660;</small></span></button> \
					<div class="dsq-panel"> '
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '"'
								  + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Twitter</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook
								&& (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.enabled === true ||
										(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'facebook'))
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Facebook</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Yahoo!</label> \
								</div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Tumblr</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Wordpress</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Movable Type</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
								  <label for="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' TypePad</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ '<div><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections/" target="_blank" class="dsq-configure-options">' + Dsq.Strings.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS + '</a></div>'
					+ '</div> \
				</div>'
				+ '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-post-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.POST_AS + ' '
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					? Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					: Dsq.Strings.GUEST)
				+ '</span></button>'
				+ (post_id
					? '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-cancel-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.CANCEL + '</span></button>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
			+ '</div>' // end dsq-form-area
		+ '</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};




	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-append-post-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		html = ' \
		<table> \
			<tr> \
				<td id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-avatar" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
					<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
					? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
					: '')
				+ '</a> \
				</td> \
				<td class="dsq-comment-header-meta"> \
		';

		
		return html;
	};
	
	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var html;
		var parent_display_name = '';
		
		if(_meta.parent_post_id) {

			var _parent_meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[_meta.parent_post_id];

			if (_parent_meta) {
				var parentUserData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_parent_meta.user_key];
				parent_display_name = parentUserData.display_name;
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/moderator.png" class="dsq-moderator-star" title="Moderator" /> \
		<span class="dsq-comment-header-time"><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')" title="Permalink">' + (_meta.is_realtime ? Dsq.Strings.JUST_NOW : _meta.date) + '</a></span> '
		+ (_meta.parent_post_id && parent_display_name
			? '<a href="#comment-' + _meta.parent_post_id + '" title="Jump to comment">in reply to ' + parent_display_name + '</a>'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		<td id="dsq-like-pts-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-comment-header-likes">'
		+ (_meta.points
			? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		</tr> \
		</table> \
		';
		return html;
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		var html = '';
		return html;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed || !_meta.approved) { return ''; }
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
					? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.moderateOptions(' + post_id+ '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>'
					: '')
				+ '<a href="#" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG + '</a> \
			</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right">'
				+ (_meta.votable 
					? '<span id="dsq-like-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-like">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1)" >Like</button>'
						: 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;')
					+ '</span>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-post-edit" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + ')" >' + Dsq.Strings.EDIT + '</button>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<span class="dsq-comment-footer-reply" id="dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button> \
						<button class="dsq-comment-footer-reply-tab">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button><span></span> \
					</span>'
					: '')
			+ '</div> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};



	
	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		var item = '<li class="dsq-comment dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-header"> \
			<table> \
			<tr> \
			<td class="dsq-header-avatar"> \
			';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'" class="dsq-avatar">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {

			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar92.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== ''
				? '</a>'
				: '')
			+ '</td>'
			+ '<td><cite class="dsq-comment-cite">' + reaction.author_name + '</cite> <span class="dsq-comment-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</span></td>'
			+ '<td class="dsq-comment-header-likes"></td>'
			+ '</tr></table></div>' // end dsq-comment-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header" \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-reaction-header-left">'
							+ '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png" />'
							+ ' From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
							+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
						+ '</td>'
						+ '<td class="dsq-reaction-header-right">';
			
			if(reaction.retweets) {
				var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
				if (num_retweets > 0) {
					if (num_retweets == 1) {
						item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
					} else {
						item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');
						item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
						var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 3) ? 3 : num_retweets;
						item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);
						if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
							item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
								+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
						}
					}
				}
			}	
			item += '</td></tr> \
			</table> \
			</div>' // end dsq-reaction-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-body"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left"> \
				</div>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator 
					? ' \
					<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-hide-reaction" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + ')">Hide</button> \
					</div>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 id="dsq-reactions-title" class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-container"> \
			<table> \
				<tbody> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-tl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-tr"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-body"> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
								<div class="dsq-popup-title"> \
									<button class="dsq-button-small" style="float:right" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)">Close</button>' 
									+ content['header'] 
								+ '</div>'
								+ content['body']
							+ '</div> \
							<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
						</td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-bl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-br"></td> \
					</tr> \
				</tbody> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
	};



	
	this.chooseSubscribe = function(post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		menu.style.display = menu.style.display == 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
		
	};
	
	this.setSubscribe = function(value, el, post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var input = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid);
		var select = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-select' + pid);
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		select.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
		input.value = value;
		this.chooseSubscribe(post_id);
	};
	
	this.getFormFields = function(post_id) {

		var fields = {};
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var name = Dsq.$('dsq-field-name' + pid);
		var email = Dsq.$('dsq-field-email' + pid);
		var website = Dsq.$('dsq-field-website' + pid);
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid);
		var password = Dsq.$('dsq-field-password' + pid);

		fields = {
			'name': name,
			'email': email,
			'website': website,
			'username': username,
			'password': password
		}
		
		return fields;
	}
	
	this.validateFields = function(post_id) {
		
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) { return true; }
		
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		
		var nameField = fields.name;
		var websiteField = fields.website;
		var emailField = fields.email;
		
		websiteField.value = (websiteField.value == Dsq.Templates.placeholder['website']) ? '' : websiteField.value;
		
		var v = [{

			validator: Dsq.Validators.name,
			value: nameField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.email,
			value: emailField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.url,
			value: websiteField.value
		}];
		
		return Dsq.Validators.validate(v, function(e) { Dsq.Popup.popModal(e, 'Oops...') } );
	};
	
	this.checkExistingUser = function(post_id) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);		
		Dsq.Popup.loading(post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		}
	};

	this.validateAuth = function(el_clicked, post_id, auth_choice) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		var email = fields.email ? fields.email.value : '';
		var username = fields.username ? fields.username.value : '';
		var password = fields.password ? fields.password.value : '';
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		}
	};

	this.lightboxUpdateEmail = function(post_id, new_email) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		fields.email.value = new_email;
	};

	this.lightboxAuthenticate = function(post_id, auth_choice, auth_data) {
		var title, body;
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		if(typeof(auth_data) == 'undefined') {
			var auth_data = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		}

		d = auth_data;

		switch(auth_choice) {
			case 'register':
				var suggestedUsername = d.name.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,'').toLowerCase();
			
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Register a <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';

				body = ' \
				<ul class="dsq-lightbox-register-reasons"> \
				<li>Verify your comments</li> \
				<li>Edit and delete comments</li> \
				<li>Manage comments and replies</li> \
				</ul> \
				';

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Email</td> \
							<td><input type="text" value="' + d.email.value + '" onchange="Dsq.Templates.lightboxUpdateEmail(' + post_id + ', this.value)" /><div id="dsq-email-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + suggestedUsername + '"/><div id="dsq-username-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /><div id="dsq-password-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'login\'); return false">Login instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Register and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			case 'login':
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Login to your <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';
				body = '';
				
				if(d.avatar_url) {
					body += '<div class="dsq-lightbox-recognized"><table><tr>';
					body += '<td><img src="' + d.avatar_url + '" alt="" /></td>';
					body += '<td><span class="dsq-badge ' + (d.verified ? 'dsq-badge-verified' : 'dsq-badge-registered') + '">' + (d.verified ? 'Verified' : 'Registered') + '</span></td>';
					body += '<td>Hey <strong>' + d.display_name + '</strong>, is that you? Login below to claim this comment.';
					body += '</tr></table></div>';
				}

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username or Email</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (d.avatar_url ? d.username : '') + '" /></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password <a href="http://disqus.com/forgot" target="_blank">(cannot log in?)</a></td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'register\'); return false">Register instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Login and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
		Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid).focus();
	};
	
	this.buttonsToRestore = [];
	this.setLoadingButton = function(btn, post_id) {
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		if (btn) {

			var loadingBtn = document.createElement('button');
			loadingBtn.id = btn.id + '-loading';
			loadingBtn.innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-lite.gif" alt="" /> Just a moment...';
			loadingBtn.className = btn.className + ' dsq-post-loading';
			btn.parentNode.appendChild(loadingBtn);
			btn.style.display = 'none';
			var cancelBtn = Dsq.$('dsq-cancel-button' + pid);
			if(cancelBtn) { cancelBtn.style.display = 'none'; this.buttonsToRestore.push(cancelBtn); }
			this.buttonsToRestore.push(btn);
		} else {

			var buttons = this.buttonsToRestore;
			for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
				buttons[i].style.display = 'inline';
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$(buttons[i].id + '-loading'));
			}
		}
		
	};

	this.postComment = function(post_id, el_clicked, force, auth_choice) {
		var append_id = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);

		if (Dsq.Templates.validateFields(post_id)) {

			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && !force &&
				((!Dsq.Utils.readCookie('skipped_auth') && !disqus_skip_auth && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled) || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post)) {
				Dsq.Templates.checkExistingUser(post_id);
				return false;
			}
			var params = [];
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
				params.push(fields.name.value,
					fields.email.value,
					fields.website.value);

				if (auth_choice == 'login' || auth_choice == 'register') {
					params.push({
						auth_choice: auth_choice,
						username: fields.username.value,
						password: fields.password.value,
						email: fields.email.value
					});
				} else {
					params.push(null);
				}

				params.push(null /* sharing options */, Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + append_id).value);
			} else {
				var service_checked = function(name) {
					var el = Dsq.$('dsq-sharing-' + name + append_id);
					return (el !== null && el.checked === true) ? '1' : '0';
				};
				params.push(null, null, null, null, {
					tw: service_checked('twitter'),
					fb: service_checked('facebook'),
					tr: service_checked('tumblr'),
					wp: service_checked('wordpress'),
					mt: service_checked('movabletype'),
					tp: service_checked('typepad'),
					yh: service_checked('yahoo')
				});
			}

			var frame = Dsq.frames['reply_' + (post_id ? post_id : 0)];
			frame.post.apply(frame, params);

			if (el_clicked) {
				Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
			}
			
			if (force) {
				Dsq.Utils.createCookie('skipped_auth', true);	
			}
			
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	};

	this.editComment = function(el_clicked, post_id) {
		var edited_message = Dsq.$('dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id).value;

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].edit(post_id, edited_message);
	};

	this.toggleEdit = function(post_id) {
		var body = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-body-' + post_id);
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);

		if (!Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id]) {


			message.style.display = 'none';
			if (Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {

				var edit_area = document.createElement('div');
				edit_area.id = 'dsq-edit-' + post_id;
				edit_area.className = 'dsq-edit dsq-textarea';
				edit_area.innerHTML = ' \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper"> \
					<textarea class="dsq-edit-textarea" id="dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id + '">' + message.innerHTML + '</textarea> \
				</div> \
				<div class="dsq-save-edit"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Templates.editComment(this, ' + post_id + ')" class="dsq-button-small">Save Edit</button> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id + '" style="display: none"></div> \
				';

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

				if (!Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id), post_id);
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].init();
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
		} else {

			message.style.display = 'block';
			Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id] = !Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id];
	};
	
	this.edit = function(el, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(post_id, button) {
		
		if(!this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

			if (Dsq.$('dsq-reply-post-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id);
				var container = Dsq.$('dsq-textarea-wrapper-' + post_id);
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] && container) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(container, post_id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].init(function() {

						Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id, true);
						Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id).innerHTML = '';

						var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
						Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id), post_id, {theme: theme});

					});
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-append-post';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply-active';
			
		} else {

			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = '';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply';
		}
		
		this.stateReplyToggled[post_id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[post_id];

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie && this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

		}

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: post_id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]
		});
	};
	
	this.moderateOptions = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		if(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) { return false; }

		var html;
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
		<table>'
		+ (_meta.email ? '<tr><td>Email</td><td>' + _meta.email + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ (_meta.ip ? '<tr><td>IP address</td><td>' + _meta.ip + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ '<tr> \
			<td>Actions</td> \
			<td><ul>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
				? '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
				: '')
			+ '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Delete Comment</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li> \
			</ul></td> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		html += '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
		
		return Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Moderate Options', post_id);
	};
	
	this.placeholder = {
		'class': 'dsq-placeholder',
		'name': Dsq.Strings.NAME,
		'email': Dsq.Strings.EMAIL,
		'website': Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')'
	};
	
	this.handlePlaceholder = function(evt, el, key) {
		var placeholder = Dsq.Templates.placeholder[key];
		var className = Dsq.Templates.placeholder['class'];
		
		switch(evt.type) {
			case 'focus':
				if(el.value == placeholder) {
					el.value = '';
					el.className = '';
				}
				break;

			case 'blur':
				if(el.value == '') {
					el.value = placeholder;
					el.className = className;
				}
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	};
	
	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked) {

		var extra_params = '';

		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'clinton_gets_the_nod_for_secretary_of_state'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};
	
	
	this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {


		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
			}
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
				+ '?post_id='    + id
				+ '&vote='        + vote);
		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login('To rate, please log in');
		}
	};

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {

		Dsq.$('dsq-like-pts-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.';

		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;';
		}
	};




	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {
		var approved = response.message.post_meta.approved;

		if (parent_post_id) {
			Dsq.Post.toggleReply(parent_post_id);
		}

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
		
		if (approved) {
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		} else {			
			var unapproved_msg = 'Thanks for posting!\
	 Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.\
			';
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(unapproved_msg, 'Comment awaiting approval', post_id);
		}

		var sharing_results = response.message.sharing_results;
		var sharing_errors = '';
		for (var service in sharing_results) {
			if (sharing_results.hasOwnProperty(service) === true) {
				if (sharing_results[service].error === true) {
					sharing_errors += service + ', ';
				}
			}
		}

		if (sharing_results.facebook && sharing_results.facebook.callback) {
			FB.ensureInit(function() {
				FB.Connect.streamPublish('', sharing_results.facebook.attachment);
			});
		}

		if (sharing_errors !== '') {
			var message = 'Your comment was posted, but there were errors sharing with the following connections: ';
			message += sharing_errors.replace(/,\s$/, '');
			message += '<p><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections" target="_blank">Configure your connections here</a></p>'
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sharing options');
		}

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.postComment_onFailure = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
};




// TODO: It might be faster to use string methods to find all <li (...) </li> blocks and pass to Dsq.PostHandler manually.
Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_post = Dsq.Templates.prependPost(post_id);
	var append_post = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(post_id);

	content = content.replace(Dsq.POST_RE, Dsq.PostHandler);
	Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter++;
	head = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContainer(post_id, head);
	return prepend_post + head + content + tail + append_post;
};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_header = Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader(post_id);
	var append_header = Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader(post_id);
	var prepend_body = Dsq.Templates.preBody(post_id);
	var append_body = Dsq.Templates.postBody(post_id);
	var append_footer = Dsq.Templates.postFooter(post_id);

	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	content = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContent(post_id, content);
	return head + content + tail;
};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
	args = args.split(' ');
	if(args[0] == 'seesmic') {
		return '<br />' + Dsq.Templates.mediaSeesmic(args[1], args[2]);
	}
	return '';
};


/**
 * Shorcuts
 */
Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


/**
 * Dsq.Debug: Logging functions.
 */

Dsq.Debug = new function() {this.log=function(s){};this.profile=function(f){if(typeof f == 'function')return f();else return eval(f);};};


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/clinton_gets_the_nod_for_secretary_of_state/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

		if(typeof Dsq.Templates.placeholder !== 'undefined' &&
		   name == Dsq.Templates.placeholder.name) {
			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	};
	this.email = function(addr) {
		if(Dsq.Validators.VALID_EMAIL_RE.test(addr)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
		}
	};
	this.url = function(addr) {
		if(!addr || addr.indexOf('.') != -1) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
		}
	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
		failure_callback = failure_callback || function(e){ alert(e); };

		for(var i = 0; i < bulk_validation.length; i++) {
			v = bulk_validation[i];
			ret = v.validator(v.value);
			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
 */
Dsq.Utils = new function() {
	this.ie = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
	this.ie7 = (document.all && !window.opera && window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true : false;
	this.ie6 = (!window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true: false;
	this.webkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') >= 0;
	this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = {};
	this._styleSheet = null;

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
		// This only method only helps IE.
		if(!this.ie) {
			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
				collection = this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey];
			} else {
				collection = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
				this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] = collection;
			}

			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
				if(collection[i].id == id) {
					return collection[i];
				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
		var node = document.createElement('document:ready');
		try {
			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
	this.createCookie = function(name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	};

	this.readCookie = function(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
		Dsq.Utils.createCookie(name,"",-1);
	};

	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
			else if(node.parentNode) { node.parentNode.removeChild(node); }
			delete node;
		}
	};

	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			for(var x = node.childNodes.length-1; x >= 0; x--) {
				var childNode = node.childNodes[x];
				if(childNode.hasChildNodes()) { this.deleteChildren(childNode); }
				if(typeof childNode.outerHTML != 'undefined') { childNode.outerHTML = ''; }
				else node.removeChild(childNode);
				delete childNode;
			}
		}
	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
		var curleft = 0;
		var curtop = 0;
		if (obj.offsetParent) {
			do {
				curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
		}
		return [curleft,curtop];
	};

	this.getWindowSize = function() {
		var windowWidth = -1;
		var windowHeight = -1;

		if(typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number') { //Non-IE
			windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
		} else if(document.documentElement) { // IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
		}

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

	this.getScrollPos = function() {
		var scrollWidth, scrollTop;

		if(document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollWidth)) {
			scrollWidth = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
			// IE is weird here.  If no doctype is provided, document.body.scrollTop is 0,
			// otherwise document.documentElement.scrollTop is 0.
			scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
		} else if(document.body.scrollTop && document.body.scrollWidth) {
			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
		}

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

	this.addEventListener = function(instance, eventName, listener) {
		var listenerFn = listener;
		if (instance.addEventListener) {
			instance.addEventListener(eventName, listenerFn, false);
		} else if (instance.attachEvent) {
			listenerFn = function() {
				listener(window.event);
			};
			instance.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listenerFn);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
		};
	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
		var instance = event.instance;
		if (instance.removeEventListener) {
			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
		} else if (instance.detachEvent) {
			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
		}
	};

	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
		var disqusThread = Dsq.$(disqus_container_id);
		var iframes = disqusThread.getElementsByTagName('iframe');

		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-content');
		}

		for(i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
			if (container) {
				iframes[i].style.width = container.offsetWidth;
			}
		}
	};

	this.getElementsByClassName = function(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
	/* Credit: Jonathan Snook [http://www.snook.ca/jonathan], Robert Nyman [http://www.robertnyman.com] */
		var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all : oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
		var arrReturnElements = new Array();
		strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
		var oElement;
		for(var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
			oElement = arrElements[i];
			if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
				arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
			}
		}
		return (arrReturnElements);
	};

	this.postToUrl = function(url, post_data, opt_redirect) {
		var form = document.createElement('form');
		var iframe_container = document.createElement('div');
		var id = 'dsq-temp-iframe-' + (new Date()).getTime();

		form.method = 'POST';
		form.action = url;
		if (!opt_redirect) {
			form.target = id;
		}
		iframe_container.innerHTML = '<iframe style="display:none" name="' + id + '" id="' + id + '"></iframe>';

		for(var key in post_data) {
			if(post_data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var input = document.createElement('input');
				input.name = key;
				input.type = 'hidden';
				input.value = post_data[key];

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

		Dsq.$b.appendChild(iframe_container);
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(form);
		form.submit();
	};

	// Strips integer id from id of element in the form ('some-id-###')
	this.extractId = function(e) {
		var chunks = e.id.split('-');
		if(chunks.length <= 1) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			return parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
		}
	};

	this.getStyle = function(el, styleProp) {
		if(el.currentStyle) {
			var y = el.currentStyle[styleProp];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
		}

		if(y == 'transparent' || y == '') {
			this.getStyle(el.parentNode, styleProp);
		} else {
			return y;
		}
	};

	this.execScript = function(url, append_qs, container) {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		append_qs = typeof append_qs == 'undefined' ? true : append_qs;
		container = container || Dsq.container;

		if(append_qs) {
			var j = (url.indexOf('?') >= 0) ? '&' : '?';
			url += j + (new Date()).getTime();
		}
		script.type = 'text/javascript';
		script.charset = 'UTF-8';
		script.src = url;
		container.appendChild(script);
		return script;
	};

	this.pluralize = function(num, singular, plural) {
		return (num != 1) ? plural || 's' : singular || '';
	};

	this.getRequestParams = function(queryString /* optional */) {
		var pairs, tuple;
		var params = {};

		queryString = queryString || window.location.search.substring(1);
		pairs = queryString.split('&');

		for (var i = 0, pair; pair = pairs[i]; i++) {
			tuple = pair.split('=');
			params[tuple[0]] = (tuple[1] || true);
		}

		return params;
	};

	this.addCssRule = function(selector, styleText, index) {
		var stylesheet;
		index = index || 0;

		if(!this._styleSheet) {
			var styleEl = document.createElement('style');
			document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleEl);
			this._styleSheet = styleEl.sheet;
			if(!this._styleSheet) {
				// IE does not like our newly created stylesheet.
				this._styleSheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
			}
		}
		stylesheet = this._styleSheet;

		if(stylesheet.insertRule) {
			var ruleText = selector + ' { ' + styleText + ' }';
			if(index == -1) {
				index = stylesheet.cssRules.length;
			}
			stylesheet.insertRule(ruleText, index);
		} else if(stylesheet.addRule) {
			stylesheet.addRule(selector, styleText, index);
		}
	};

	this.forEachIn = function(obj, callback) {
		for(var key in obj) {
			if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				callback(key, obj[key]);
			}
		}
	};

	this._interpolateGlobalContext = {
		// values that get used a lot and are global to the request
		'profile_url': Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE,

		'disqus_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url,
		'media_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url,
		'request_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.username,
		'request_display_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username,
		'forum_name': Dsq.jsonData.forum.name
	};

	this.renderFromContextStack = function(key, contexts) {
		// Returns the first instance of `key` in the array of objects `contexts` or else ''
		for (var i=0; i<contexts.length; i++) {
			if (contexts[i][key] !== undefined) {
				return String(contexts[i][key]);
			}
		}
		throw new Error('key ' + key + ' not found in context');
	};

	var that = this;
	this.interpolate = function(fmt, opt_localContext) {
		// Interpolate `fmt` named-format string with an assumed global context.
		// Based on `interpolate` in django.views.i18n
		var contextStack = [opt_localContext || {}, that._interpolateGlobalContext];
		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function(match){
			return that.renderFromContextStack(match.slice(2,-2), contextStack);
		});
	};

	this.stripTags = function(s) {
		// Removes HTML tags from `s`
		return s.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g,"");

	};

	this.assert = function(b) {
		if (!b) {
			throw new Error('Assertion error.');
		}
	};

};
// Dsq.Utils

/**
 * Dsq.Popup: Popup helper functions.
 */
Dsq.Popup = new function() {
	this.timeHide = new Array();
	this.timeShow = new Array();
	this.activePopup = {};
	this.profileCache = {};
	this.statusCache = {};

	this.showTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the hide timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeHide[post_id]);

		// start the timer
		if(!Dsq.Popup.profileIsOn && !Dsq.Thread.adminIsOn) {
			this.timeShow[post_id] = setTimeout("Dsq.Popup.popProfile(\"" + post_id + "\")", 400);
		}
	};

	this.hideTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the show timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeShow[post_id]);
	};

	this.updateProfile = function(username) {
		// Callback from /embed/profile.js
		if (this.statusCache[username]) {
			var statusEl = Dsq.$('dsq-profile-status-' + username);
			statusEl.innerHTML = this.statusCache[username];
			statusEl.style.display = 'block';
		}

		if (this.profileCache[username]) {
			var _cache = this.profileCache[username];

			var _genhtml = function(text) { return '<span><big>' + text + '</big></span>'; };
			var _no_comments = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS(_cache.comments_count));
			var _no_likes = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_LIKES(_cache.likes_count));
			var _no_points = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_POINTS(_cache.points));

			var statsEl = Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + username);
			statsEl.innerHTML = '';

			if (Dsq.jsonData.users[username].registered) {
				statsEl.innerHTML = _no_comments + _no_likes;
			}
			statsEl.innerHTML += _no_points;

			var activeSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.active_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.active_sites[i];
				activeSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (activeSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = activeSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = 'This site.';
			}

			var moderatedSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.moderated_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.moderated_sites[i];
				moderatedSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (moderatedSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + username).innerHTML = moderatedSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + username).innerHTML = '';
			}
		}

		// Reposition popup after full HTML is rendered
		if(Dsq.Popup.activePopup && Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el) {
			Dsq.Popup.initPopup(Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.type);
		}

	};

	this.showCookieMsgs = function() {
		var title = '';
		var message = '';
		var numAlerts = 0;

		Dsq.Utils.forEachIn(Dsq.jsonData.cookie_messages, function(k, v) {
			if (!v) return;

			switch(k) {
				// Cookie: Twitter
				case 'post_twitter':
					if (v === 'error') {
						title = 'Twitter Error!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-error">Oops, we couldn\'t tweet this comment. Please check your <a href="http://disqus.com/account/services">account settings</a>.</li>';
					} else {
						var _msg = v.split(':');
						title = 'Tweeted!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-success">Your comment was successfully tweeted. <a href="http://twitter.com/' + _msg[0] + '/status/' + _msg[1] + '">Click here to view the tweet</a>.</li>';
					}
					break;
				// Cookie: Unapproved Post
				case 'post_not_approved':
					title = 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-not-approved">Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.</li>';
					break;
				// Cookie: Profile Found
				case 'post_has_profile':
					title = 'Use your existing commenter profile';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-has-profile">You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a></li>';
					break;
				case 'user_created':
					var _data = v.split(':');
					title = 'Profile created!';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-user-created">You have just created a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, the best way to claim, manage, and track your comments all over the web. \
					<br /><br />A confirmation is being sent to <strong>' + _data[1] + '</strong>. Please check for this email in order to verify your profile. \
					<ul class="dsq-list-tick"> \
						<li>Your username is <strong>' + _data[0] +'</strong>. <a href="http://disqus.com/people/' + _data[0] + '/" target="_blank">Click here to view your public profile</a>.</li> \
						<li>Be sure to set your profile picture, as well as connect your <span class="dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> and <span class="dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> accounts. <a href="http://disqus.com/account/" target="_blank">Click here for account settings</a>.</li> \
					</ul> \
					</li>'
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			numAlerts++;
		});

		if(numAlerts > 1) {
			message = '<ul class="dsq-list-bluebullet">' + message;
			message += '</ul>';
			title = 'Thanks for posting!';
		}
		if(numAlerts > 0) {
			if(typeof(disqus_cookie_msgs) == 'function') {
				disqus_cookie_msgs(message, title);
			} else {
				Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
			}
		}
	};

	this.helpBadges = function(post_id) {
		var html = ' \
			<ul class="dsq-popup-help"> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile with a confirmed email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, but has not yet confirmed his or her email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span> is not logged in with any account and has not claimed his or her comments.</li> \
				<li class="dsq-help-otheraccts">Other accounts</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> is using his or her Facebook profile via Facebook Connect.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> is using his or her Twitter profile via Twitter Sign-in.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-openid">OpenID</span> is using his or her OpenID.</li> \
			</ul> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Types of Commenters', post_id);
		return;
	};

	this.permalink = function(post_id) {
		var header = 'Link to this comment';
		var body = '<strong>You are anchored to</strong>:<br />' + document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + '#comment-' + post_id;

		this.popModal(body, header, post_id);
	};

	this.login = function(header, body) {
		var h = header || 'Login or Register';
		var b = body || '';
		b += Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: 'dsq-popup-login'});
		b += '</iframe>'; // HACK: Sometimes there is something funky with the IFRAME SRC that causes no end tag
		this.popModal(b, h, null, true, 'dsq-popup-login');
	};

	this.blacklist = function(id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		var title = 'Add to Blacklist';
		var message = ' \
		Adding this person to the blacklist will block him or her from commenting on this site. Check the following types that you would like to add to the blacklist:'
		+ (userData['registered'] ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-username" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-username"><strong>Username</strong>: ' + userData['username'] + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ (_meta.email ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-email" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-email"><strong>Email address</strong>: ' + _meta.email + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ '<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
			<input id="dsq-blacklist-ip" type="checkbox" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-blacklist-ip-warning\').style.display=\'block\'"> \
			<label for="dsq-blacklist-ip"><strong>IP address</strong>: ' + _meta.ip + '</label> \
		</div> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p id="dsq-blacklist-ip-warning" style="display:none">	\
				Note: Blocking this person\'s IP address may also unintentionally prevent others, who share his/her IP address, from commenting on this site. \
				This may include people who are sharing the same computer, living in the same house, or using the same Internet provider. Only block an IP address as a last resort. \
			</p> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p style="text-align:center"><button onclick="Dsq.Post.blockUser(' + id + '); this.disabled=true; this.innerHTML=\'Just one moment...\'">Add to Blacklist</button></p> \
		';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
	};

	this.remoteAccountSettings = function() {
		var body = '';
		// Set up IFrame.
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/_auth/embed/remote_settings/';
		var attributes = {id: 'dsq-popup-account-settings'};
		if (typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}

		body = Dsq.Templates._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
		this.popModal(body, 'Account Settings', null, true, 'dsq-popup-account-settings');
	};

	this.popModal = function(message, title, post_id, use_listener, extra_classes) {
		var container = document.createElement('div');
		var header, body;

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

		if(typeof(title) == 'undefined') { title = ''; }
		if(typeof(use_listener) == 'undefined') { use_listener = true; }

		if(post_id) {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message-' + post_id;
		} else {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message';
		}

		header = title;
		body = message;

		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupModal(header, body);
		Dsq.Popup.initPopup(container, post_id, 'message', extra_classes);
		if(use_listener) {
			Dsq.Popup.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', Dsq.Popup._closePopup);
		}
	};

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

	this.loading = function(post_id) {
		var title = Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
		var body = '<div style="text-align:center; padding: 5px 0 10px 0"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif" alt="" /></div>'
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
	};

	this.lightbox = function(message, title, post_id) {
		// Wraps Dsq.Popup.popModal

		var overlay = document.createElement('div');
		overlay.id = 'dsq-overlay';
		overlay.className = 'dsq-overlay';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(overlay);
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, post_id, false, 'dsq-lightbox');
	};

	this.popProfile = function(post_id, userKey) {
		var post = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id];
		if (post && post.has_been_anonymized) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('This message was anonymized by its previous owner.', 'Anonymized', post_id);
			return;
		}

		if(post_id) {
			userKey = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id].user_key;	
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][userKey];
		var elId = 'dsq-popup-profile-' + userKey;
		var container = document.createElement('div');

		if(this.activePopup.el) {
			this._closePopup(null, true);
			if(this.activePopup.linkClicked) {
				this.activePopup.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		container.id = elId;
		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupProfile(userKey);

		this.initPopup(container, post_id, 'profile');
		this.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._closePopup);

		if(!this.profileCache[userKey]) {
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/embed/profile.js'
				+ '?username=' + userKey
				+ '&anon=' + (userData['registered'] ? 0 : 1)
				+ '&f=' + Dsq.jsonData['request'].forum);
		} else {
			this.updateProfile(userKey);
		}
	};

	this._closePopup = function(e, force) {
		var activePopup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		var id = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id;
		var link = 'dsq-avatar-' + id; // HACK: Specific to profile toggle target

		// HACK: This event should be gone if there is no active popup.
		if(!activePopup) {
			return;
		}
		if(force || !Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, activePopup.id)) {
			// TODO: This is breaking iE?
			if(Dsq.Popup.popupListener) {
				Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Popup.popupListener);
			}
			
			// Kill overlay
			var overlay = Dsq.$('dsq-overlay');
			if(overlay) { Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(overlay); }
			
			try {
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(activePopup);
			} catch(e) {
				// HACK: IE6 throws an error when using deleteNode() with a node containing a <table> in the html.
				activePopup.parentNode.removeChild(activePopup);
			}
			Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {};
		}

		if(!force && Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Popup.activePopup.linkClicked = true;
		}

	};

	this.initPopup = function(popup, post_id, type, extra_classes) {
		popup.className = 'dsq-popup dsq-popup-' + type + ' ' + (extra_classes ? extra_classes : '');
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6 || Dsq.Utils.ie7) {
			// HACK: We can't modify the body before it's ready, so we need
			//       to use an IE-safe "DOMReady" workaround before loading
			//       our popup.
			Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(function() {Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup); });
		} else {
			Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup);
		}

		popup.style.display = 'block';

		var xPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[0] - popup.offsetWidth) / 2;
		var yPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[1] - popup.offsetHeight) / 2;

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
			yPos += Dsq.Utils.getScrollPos()[1];
		}

		popup.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		popup.style.top = yPos + 'px';

		Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {
			'el' : popup,
			'id' : post_id,
			'type': type,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};
	};

	this.isClicked = function(e, id) {
		var t = e.target || e.srcElement;
		while(t && t.parentNode) {
			if(t.id == id) {
				return true;
			}

			t = t.parentNode;
		}
		return false;
	};
};
// Dsq.Popup

/**
 * Dsq.Templates
 */
Dsq.Templates = new function() {
	/*
	 * Counter keeping track of the number of posts iterated over.
	 */
	this.postLoopCounter = 0;
	this.filters = {};
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-post-add';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-post-add';

	this.registerTemplate = function(name, func) {
		this['$$_' + name] = func;

		if(typeof DsqLocal.Filters != 'undefined'
		&& typeof DsqLocal.Filters[name] == 'function') {
			// Push filters to this.filters to unify code.
			this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
			this.filters[name].push(DsqLocal.Filters[name]);
		}

		this[name] = function() {
			var ret;

			if(typeof DsqLocal.Templates != 'undefined'
			&& typeof DsqLocal.Templates[name] == 'function') {
				ret = DsqLocal.Templates[name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(ret === undefined) {
				ret = this['$$_' + name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(this.filters[name]) {
				var args = [ret];

				args.push.apply(args, arguments);
				for(var i = 0; i < this.filters[name].length; i++) {
					ret = this.filters[name][i].apply(this, args);
				}
			}

			return ret;
		};
	};

	this.registerFilter = function(name, func) {
		this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
		this.filters[name].push(func);
	};

	/**
	 * Dsq.Templates.Filters
	 */
	this.Filters = new function() {
		this.commentContainer = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var classes = [];
			if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page > 1) {
				classes.push('dsq-append');
			}

			//
			// Extra classes used for custom themes
			//

			if(_meta.depth) {
				classes.push('dsq-comment-child', 'dsq-depth-' + _meta.depth, 'dsq-parent-is-' + _meta.parent_post_id);
			}


			//

			if(_meta.author_is_creator) {
				// TODO: We need to deprecate the "special" class since it is not properly prefixed.
				classes.push('special', 'dsq-special');
			}
			if(_meta.author_is_moderator) {
				classes.push('dsq-moderator');
			}
			classes.push(['dsq-odd', 'dsq-even'][Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter % 2]);

			s = s.substring(0, s.lastIndexOf('>'));
			return s + ' class="dsq-comment ' + classes.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left:' + _meta.depth*30 + 'px">';
		};

		this.commentContent = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			if (_meta.killed) {
				return '<em>Comment removed.</em>';
			} else if (!_meta.approved) {
				return '<em>This comment was flagged for review.</em>';
			}

			s = s.replace(Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE, Dsq.MediaPostHandler);
			return s;
		};
	};

	//
	// Thread
	//
	// TODO: These need to be stripped of all Django template tags.

	this.authPost = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			return '';
		}
		var result = [];
		result = result.concat([
				'<div id="dsq-auth"',
						Dsq.jsonData.integration.reply_position ? 'class="dsq-auth-bottom"' : '',
						'>',
					'<div class="dsq-by">',
						'<a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">',
							(Dsq.jsonData.integration.disqus_logo ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/by-disqus.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">') :
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/dsq-button-120x19.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">')
							),
						'</a>',
					'</div>',
					'<div class="dsq-auth-header">',
						'<h3 id="dsq-add-new-comment" class="dsq-h3-addcomment">',
								Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT,
						'</h3>',
						'<div id="dsq-login">',
						(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
								? '<p class="dsq-login-message" id="dsq-login-message">You are commenting as a <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. You may select one to log into:</p>'
								: '')
		]);
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			result = result.concat([
							Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
								'<a id="dsq-login-toggle" href="%(disqus_url)s%(login_url)s?next=article:%(thread_id)s" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsq-profile-btn.png" title="%(log_into)s" alt="%(log_into)s"/></a>',
								{login_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGIN, thread_id: Dsq.jsonData.thread.id, log_into: Dsq.Strings.LOG_INTO_DISQUS}
								),
							'&nbsp; ',
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ?
								'<div id="dsq-fbc-login" onlogin="DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin()" size="medium" background="light" length="short" style="display:inline; margin-right:7px"></div>' :
								''
							),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-twitter-login" class="dsq-twitter-login" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect();" style="display:inline; cursor: pointer"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/twitter-signin-short.png" style="margin-right:7px" /></div>', {}) : ''),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-openid-login" class="dsq-openid-login" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL();" style="display:inline; cursor:pointer;"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/openid-login-button.png"/></div>', {}
								) : '')
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
						'</div>', // dsq-login
					'</div>', // dsq-auth-header
					'<div id="dsq-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated" ',
						Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated ? 'style="display:block"' : '',
						'>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-pic">',
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">' +
																			'<img class="dsq-post-avatar" src="%(avatar_url)s" alt="" /></a>',
																			{avatar_url: Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR,
																			url: (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
																					 ? Dsq.jsonData.request.url
																					 : Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE) }),
						'</div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>', {url:Dsq.jsonData.request.url})
										  )
										: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(profile_url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>')
											)
									),
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">',
									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsqicon12.png" alt="%(logged_in_as)s"/>&nbsp',
											{logged_in_as: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username)})
										: ''),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="%(logout_from_disqus)s">',
											{logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN, logout_from_disqus: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('DISQUS')})
										: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'twitter')
												? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using Twitter (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
												 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
												: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'openid')
													 ? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using OpenID (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
													 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
													 : ''
													)
											)
									),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 <span id="dsq-num-posts">159</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/clinton_gets_the_nod_for_secretary_of_state/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
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		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
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			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
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			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

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			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
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	//

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				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
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						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
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			disqus_callback_params = '';
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			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
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			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
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			}
		}
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			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
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		}

		return [
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			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
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	};

	this.frameLogin = function(opt_attributes) {
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/login.html';
		var attributes = opt_attributes || {};
		attributes['class'] = 'dsq-post-login';

		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameReply = function(post_id, extra_params, attributes) {
		// Returns the HTML for a reply iframe. Called by Dsq.Iframes.setReplyIframeToContainer
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY;
		var params = {
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			'def_name'		: disqus_def_name
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		if(extra_params) {
			for(var key in extra_params) {
				if(extra_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					params[key] = extra_params[key];
				}
			}
		}
		if(_meta) {
			params['parent_post'] = post_id;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			params['per_page'] = disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			attributes['class'] += '-authenticated';
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameEdit = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/edit.html';
		var params = {
			'p' : post_id
		};
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	};

	//
	// Menus
	//

	this.menuMore = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: "Remove post" button should hide menu.
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')">Link</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Profile</a></li>'
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		? '	<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>' + (_meta.email ? '<li class="dsq-admin-email">' + _meta.email + '</li>' : '')
		+ '	<li class="dsq-admin-ip">' + _meta.ip + '</li> \
			<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>'
		+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
			? ' <li class="dsq-admin-edit"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
			: '')
		+ ' <li class="dsq-remove"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Remove Comment</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-report-spam"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-block-user"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li>'
		: '');
	};

	this.menuMedia = function(post_id) {
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(this, ' + post_id + ', \'seesmic\'); return false;">Record video</a></li> \
		';
	};

	this.dropProfile = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};


		var menu = '<li class="dsq-drop-showlnk"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Expand &#8663;</a></li>';
		var pointsMessage = '';
		if (userData['registered']) {
			pointsMessage = 'with ' + userData['points'] + ' points (more points are better).';
		}

		if (userData['is_remote']) {
			var domain = userData['remote_domain_name'];
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' is a ' + domain + ' user ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
			menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-' + domain.toLowerCase() + '">' + domain + '</span></li>';
		} else if (userData['registered']) {
			if (userData['verified']) {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a verified commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span></li>';
			} else {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a registered, but unverified, commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span></li>';
			}
		} else {
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has not claimed this commenter profile." onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()"><span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span></li>';
		}

		menu += _includeServices();
		return menu;
	};

	//
	// Popups
	//

	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-top"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-body" class="clearfix"> \
				<div class="dsq-popup-body-padding"> \
					<div class="dsq-popup-header"> \
						<a class="dsq-close-link" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/modal-close.png" alt="" /></a>'
						+ content['header']
					+ '</div>'
					+ content['body']
					+ '<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
				</div> <!-- padding --> \
			</div> <!-- body --> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-bottom"></div> \
		</div> \
		';
	};

	this.popupProfile = function(user_key) {
		var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(user_key, null);
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var html = '';
			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == 0
					? '<h4>Connections</h4><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li> \
					<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" title="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" /> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>'
				+ (i+1 == userServices.length ? '</ul>' : '');
			}
			return html;
		};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<table> \
				<tr> \
					<td> \
						<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><img class="dsq-popup-profile-avatar" src="' + userData['avatar'] + '" alt="" /></a> \
					</td> \
					<td> \
						<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user"> \
							<h3>' + userData['display_name'] + '</h3> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats" id="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + user_key + '">Loading...</div> \
						</div> \
					</td> \
				</tr> \
			</table> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-state"> \
				This is a&nbsp;<span class="'
					+ (userData['registered']
						? (userData['verified']
							? ' dsq-badge-verified'
							: (userData['is_remote']
								? ' dsq-badge-' + userData['remote_domain_name'].toLowerCase()
								: ' dsq-badge-registered')
							)
							: ' dsq-badge-guest') + '">'
			+ (userData['registered']
				? (userData['verified']
					? 'Verified'
					: (userData['is_remote']
						 ? userData['remote_domain_name']
						 : 'Registered')
					)
				: 'Guest')
			+ '</span>&nbsp;commenter profile.'
			+ '&nbsp;<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><strong>View more comments </strong></a>'
			+ (!userData['points']
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice">If this is you, <a href="http://disqus.com/profile" target="_blank">claim it now</a> to manage your comments.</p>'
				: '')
			+ ((userData['registered'] && !userData['verified'] && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username == userData['username'])) && !userData['is_remote'])
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice"><strong>Alert</strong>: You have not verified this account. <a href="http://disqus.com/verify">Verify it now.</a></p>'
				: '')
			+ '</div> \
			<div id="dsq-profile-status-' + user_key + '" class="dsq-popup-profile-status" style="display:none"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-snapshot"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td> \
							<div id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Most active sites</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
						<td>'
							+ _includeServices()
							+ '<div id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Moderator of</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupReblog = function() {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<cite><span>Reblog this comment</span></cite> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div id="dsq-reblog-form" class="dsq-reblog-form"> \
			</div> \
		';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupModal = function(title, message) {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<h3>' + title + '</h3> \
		';

		bodyHtml = message;

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.alertContent = function(name, post_id) {
		var alert = {
			'post_not_approved': {
				'title': 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator',
				'message': 'Thanks for posting. Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.'
			},
			'post_has_profile': {
				'title': 'Use your existing commenter profile',
				'message': 'You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> commenter profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a>'
			}
		};
		return alert[name] || false;
	};

	//
	// Actions
	//

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {
		// Update number of points
		Dsq.$('dsq-points-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.';

		// Update link text
		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.';
		}
	};

	this.subscribed = function(status) {
		var title, message;

		if(status) {
			title = 'Subscribed!';
			message = 'You have subscribed to this comment thread. New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox, where you may read and respond by email.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">Unsubscribe</a> \
			';
		} else {
			title = 'Unsubscribed';
			message = 'You have unsubscribed to this comment thread. New comments will no longer be sent to your email inbox.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a> \
			';
		}

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

	};
	
	this.highlighted = function() {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('This comment has been highlighted.', 'Highlighted comment');
	};

	//
	// Media
	//

	this.mediaSeesmic = function(id, thumb) {
		return ' \
			<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_preview" class="dsq-seesmic-preview"><a href="http://www.seesmic.com/video/' + id + '" target="_blank" class="see_link">&nbsp;</a> \
				<div style="display:block;width:160px; height:120px; border:none; background-image:url(http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/' + thumb + ')"> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_hide" class="seePlayOverlay" style="display:none;"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',false)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/stopOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_show" class="seePlayOverlay"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',true)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/playOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border:none; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			<div id="' + id + '_content" style="display:block; width:100%; padding-top:5px"></div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(parent_post_id) {
		// Increment post count
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');
		
		if (num_posts) { 
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) { 
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
	};
};
// Dsq.Templates


/**
 * Dsq.Post
 */
Dsq.Post = new function() {
	this.openedMenu = {};
	this.menuEventListener = null;
	this.stateReplyToggled = {};
	this.stateEditToggled = {};
	this.stateRecordLink = {};

	/**
	 * Inserts a new post into the document.
	 *
	 * @param after_id {Number}	Insert a post before specified id.  If after_id
	 *							evaluates to false, then post in the front.  If
	 *							after_id is -1, post at the end.
	 */
	this.insert = function(after_id, id, message, author) {
		// Skeleton template from thread_posts.html.
		var skeleton = ' \
			<li id="dsq-comment-%(id)s"> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-header-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-header"> \
					<cite id="dsq-cite-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-cite"> \
						<a id="dsq-author-user-%(id)s" href="%(author_url)s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">%(author_name)s</a> \
					</cite> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-body-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-body"> \
					<div id="dsq-comment-message-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-message">%(message)s</div> \
				</div> \
			</li> \
		';
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var _user_meta = Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key];
		var markup = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(skeleton, {
			id: id,
			message: message,
			author_url: _user_meta.blog,
			author_name: _user_meta.display_name
		});
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		markup = markup.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
		div.innerHTML = markup;

		if (after_id === -1) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').appendChild(div);
		} else if (!after_id) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').insertBefore(div, Dsq.$('dsq-comments').firstChild);
		} else if (Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + after_id)) {
			// Get next node after "after_id", so we can insert before it.
			// If "after_id" is the last comment, the target node is the
			// last node.
			
			// var append_post_id = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(after_id).replace('<div id="','').replace('"></div>', '');
			var append_post_id = 'dsq-append-post-' + after_id;
			var node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			while (node = node.nextSibling) {
				if (!node || node.nodeType == 1) { // 1 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
					break;
				}
			}
			if (!node) {
				node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			}
			node.parentNode.insertBefore(div, node);
		}
	};

	this.incrementPostCount = function() {
		
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');

		if (num_posts) {
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) {
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
	}
	
	this.outlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className += ' dsq-comment-outline';
		setTimeout("(function () { Dsq.Post.clearOutlineComment(" + post_id + ") })()", 3000);
	};
	
	this.clearOutlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className.replace('dsq-comment-outline', '');
	};

	this.showMenu = function(el, id, name) {
		var anchorPos = Dsq.Utils.findPos(el);
		var menu = document.createElement('ul');

		if(this.openedMenu) {
			if(this.openedMenu.linkClicked) {
				this.openedMenu.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		switch(name) {
			case 'more':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMore(id);
				break;
			case 'media':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMedia(id);
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}

		// Add menu to document body
		menu.id = 'dsq-menu-' + id;
		menu.className = 'dsq-menu';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(menu);

		// Position and show
		anchorPos[1] += 15;
		menu.style.left = anchorPos[0] + 'px';
		menu.style.top = anchorPos[1] + 'px';
		menu.style.display = 'block';

		// Set global reference
		this.openedMenu = {
			'el' : menu,
			'id' : id,
			'name' : name,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};

		// Set listener
		this.menuEventListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._hideMenu);
	};

	this._hideMenu = function(e) {
		var el = e.target || e.srcElement;
		var openedMenu = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el;
		var id = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.id;

		if(!id) {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link';
		} else {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link-' + id;
		}

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

		if(!Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, openedMenu.id)) {
			openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Post.menuEventListener);
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(openedMenu);

		} else {
			// Hide the menu if a link was clicked inside the menu.  We can't
			// completely remove the menu until the onclick event on the link
			// fires, but the menuEventListener will prevent multiple menus
			// from polluting the DOM.
			if(el && typeof el.href != 'undefined') {
				openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el = null;
			}
		}

		if(Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Post.openedMenu.linkClicked = true;
		}
	};


	this.getUserServices = function(user_key, id) {
		if(!user_key && id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
			user_key = _meta.user_key;
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var userServices = [];

		// Keep a full list of supported services. This is the order they will display in the drop-profile.
		// Each service must have a corresponding case in _buildServiceUrl()
		var supportedServices = ['blog', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'tumblr'];

		function _buildServiceUrl(serviceName) {
			var data = userData[serviceName];
			var services = {
				blog:		function(d) { return d; },
				twitter:	function(d) { return d; },
				facebook:	function(d) { return d; },
				tumblr:		function(d) { return 'http://' + d + '.tumblr.com'; }
			};
			return services[serviceName](data);
		}

		for(var i = 0; i < supportedServices.length; i++) {
			if(userData[supportedServices[i]]) {
				var serviceUrl = _buildServiceUrl(supportedServices[i]);
				userServices.push({'name' : supportedServices[i], 'url' : serviceUrl});
			}
		}
		return userServices;
	}

	this.dropProfile = function(id) {
		var dp = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-profile-' + id);

		// IE6 needs JS to display/hide. All other browsers use CSS.
		if(dp) {
			if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) dp.style.display = (dp.style.display == 'inline') ? 'none' : 'inline';
			return false;
		} else {
			dp = document.createElement('ul');
		}

		dp.id = 'dsq-drop-profile-' + id;
		dp.className = 'dsq-drop-profile';

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) { dp.style.display = 'inline'; }

		var container = Dsq.$('dsq-header-avatar-' + id);
		dp.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.dropProfile(id);
		container.appendChild(dp);
	};

	this.dropProfileMore = function(el, id) {
		var hiddenItems = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-hidden-' + id);

		hiddenItems.style.display = 'inline';
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
	};

	this._updateReplyLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "reply / cancel" links based on state.
		var displayDict = {};

		if(id) {
			if(this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				el.innerHTML = 'Cancel';
				displayDict['media'] = 'inline';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'none';
			} else {
				el.innerHTML = 'Reply';
				displayDict['media'] = 'none';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'inline';
			}
		}

		for(var key in displayDict) {
			if(displayDict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var	linkEl = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-el-' + id),
					spacer = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-spacer-' + id);

				if(linkEl) {
					linkEl.style.display = displayDict[key];
					if(spacer) spacer.style.display = displayDict[key];
				}
			}
		}
	};

	this._updateMediaLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "use media / cancel" links based on state.
		var appendId = (id) ? ('-' + id) : '';
		var link = Dsq.$('dsq-media-link' + appendId);

		if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			link.innerHTML = 'Cancel Media';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(link, id); return false; };
		} else {
			link.innerHTML = 'Use Media <small>&#9660;</small>';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.showMenu(link, id, 'media'); return false; };
		}
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(el, id) {
		// Create reply IFrame
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			if (!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				// Create IFrame if it doesn't exist.
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-frame-' + id), id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].init();
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].setState(id, _meta.depth);
				}
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
			}
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			if(!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				// Reply toolbar
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id), id);
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Iframes.hideAllInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id));
				if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
					// HACK: Cancel media before canceling self.
					this.toggleMediaReply(Dsq.$('dsq-media-link-' + id), id);
				}
			}
		}

		this.stateReplyToggled[id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[id];
		this._updateReplyLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-reply-' + id); }

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[id]
		});
	};

	this.toggleMediaReply = function(el, id, xtype) {
		id = id || 0;
		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(!this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id, {xtype:xtype}, 'dsq-post-video');
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id);
		}
		this.stateRecordLink[id] = !this.stateRecordLink[id];
		this._updateMediaLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};

	this.edit = function(el, id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.frameEdit(id);
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-comment-message-' + id); }
	};

    this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
                Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
            }

            Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
                + '?post_id='    + id
                + '&vote='        + vote);

		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login(Dsq.Strings.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN);
		}
    };

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/clinton_gets_the_nod_for_secretary_of_state/post_report/', {'post_id': id});
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Thank you. This comment has been flagged for moderator attention.', 'Successfully flagged');
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$('dsq-post-report-' + id));
		} else {
			var title = Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT;
			var message = Dsq.Strings.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR + '? \
			<br /><br /> \
			<button onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.NO + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.NEVER_MIND + '</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + id + ', true);"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.YES + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT + '</button><br /><br />'
			+ Dsq.Strings.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION + '. \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, id);
		}
	};



	this.showAlert = function(id, msg) {
		var msgEl = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id);
		var alert = '<div class="dsq-comment-alert">' + msg + '</div>';

		msgEl.innerHTML = alert + msgEl.innerHTML;
	};

};
// Dsq.Post


/**
 * Dsq.Thread
 */
Dsq.Thread = new function() {
	this.fc = null;
	this.ff = null;
	this.ac = null;

	
	this.adminIsOn = false;

	
	
	

	this.hlComment = null;
	this.hlCommentClass = null;

	this.getNextComment = function(el) {
		var start_id = el.id;
		while(el = el.nextSibling) {
			if(el.id && el.id.indexOf('dsq-comment-') != -1 && el.id != start_id) {
				return el;
			}
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.getActiveCommentId = function() {
		if (document.URL.indexOf('#comment-') >= 0) {
			var anchor = document.URL.slice(document.URL.indexOf('#') + 1);
			return anchor.replace('comment-', '');
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.highlightAnchor = function() {
		var i = this.getActiveCommentId();
		if (i == null) return false;
		var id = 'dsq-comment-' + i;
		var hash = window.location.hash;

		// Toggle the hash incase the comment isn't available when the page loads
		// for WebKit-based browsers.
		if (Dsq.Utils.webkit) {
			window.location.hash = '';
			window.location.hash = hash;
		}

		this.hlComment = Dsq.$(id);
		// Adding this conditional guard pending #289
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlCommentClass = this.hlComment.className;
		this.hlComment.className += ' dsq-hl-anchor';

		setTimeout("Dsq.Thread.highlightClear()", 3000);
	};

	this.highlightClear = function() {
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlComment.className = this.hlCommentClass;
	};

	this.login = function(toggle) {
		// toggle id is #dsq-reply-login-[id]
		var postId;
		if(toggle.id.indexOf('dsq-reply-login') != -1) {
			postId = toggle.id.slice(16);
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + postId);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(toggle) {
			if(toggle.className == 'dsq-login-active') {
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(container, postId);
				toggle.className = '';
			} else {
				Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
				toggle.className = 'dsq-login-active';
			}
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
		}

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};


	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked, per_page) {
		// Use extra_params to pass any override parameters that we need to persist.
		var extra_params = '';

		// "Per page" can either be overriden by providing it as an argument
		// (per-call) or setting the disqus_per_page override variable (global).
		if(typeof per_page == 'undefined') {
			per_page = null;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined' && per_page === null) {
			per_page = disqus_per_page;
		}

		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}
		if(per_page !== null) {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + per_page;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			el_clicked.style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'clinton_gets_the_nod_for_secretary_of_state'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};

	this.sortBy = function(sort) {
		var disqus_script = document.createElement('script');
		var disqus_date = new Date();

		if (location.hash != '') {
			location.hash = '#disqus_thread';
		}

		if(typeof(disqus_url) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_url = disqus_href;
		}
		disqus_script.type = 'text/javascript';
		disqus_script.src = 'http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'clinton_gets_the_nod_for_secretary_of_state'
			+ '&sort='	+ sort
			+ '&title='
			+ '&'		+ disqus_date.getTime();

		Dsq.$('dsq-comments').innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif">';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(disqus_script);
	};

	this.subscribe = function(status, email) {
		// `status` is an int -- 1 to subscribe, 0 to unsubscribe
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || email) {
			// If authenticated user OR anonymous email provided

			if(email) {
				Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
			}

			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'clinton_gets_the_nod_for_secretary_of_state'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = 'Automatically close comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Existing comments will still be displayed.<br /><br />(Using 0 days will disable this feature)<br /><br />'
								 + '<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button>'
								 + '<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span>';
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};
};
// Dsq.Thread

Dsq.Events = function() {
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-alert').style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-queued').innerHTML = new_posts.length
		+ ' new '
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
		+ ' just posted.';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')';
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

	this.toggleInterval = function() {
		if (!interval) {
			Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
		} else {
			Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
		}
		return false;
	}

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').onclick = this.show;
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/7358199/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

	this.update = function(timestamp, posts, users) {
		ongoing_request = false;
		last_checked = timestamp;

		if (users) {
			for (var user_id in users) {
				if (users.hasOwnProperty(user_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id] = users[user_id];
					}
				}
			}
		}

		if (posts) {
			for (var post_id in posts) {
				if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] = posts[post_id];
						new_posts.push(post_id);
					}
				}
			}

			if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				insertNewPosts();
			} else {
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
		}
	};

}();

// DEPRECATED
Dsq.Iframes = function() {
	// Different style of object from the above. Hoping to switch to this for some reason.
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var showIframeInContainer = function(container, id, markup) {
		// Look through container for iframes, hiding them, except show one that matches id
		// If none of them matched id, create a new iframe using markup and insert it.
		// Returns the iframe node if and only if it was newly created.
		var found = false;
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				if (child.id == id) {
					child.style.display = 'block';
					found = true;
				} else {
					child.style.display = 'none';
				}
			}
		}
		if (found) {
			return;
		}
		// The iframe wasn't found, so construct it and add it to the container.
		// Don't use innerHTML because it might reload iframes
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		div.innerHTML = markup;
		var iframe = div.childNodes[0];
		div.removeChild(iframe);
		container.appendChild(iframe);
		return iframe;
	};

	// Public
	obj.makeReplyIframeId = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var id = 'dsq-post-add-iframe';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			id += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			id += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return id;
	};
	obj.makeLoginIframeId = function(opt_postId) {
		if (!opt_postId) {
			return 'dsq-login-iframe';
		}
		return 'dsq-login-iframe-' + opt_postId;
	};
	obj.makeReplyIframeName = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var name = 'dsq-reply-frame';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			name += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			name += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return name;
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId, opt_extraParams, opt_className) {
		// Construct the id so we can check if it's already present.
		// Hide any other iframes we find, and show this one if it's found.
		var params = opt_extraParams || {};
		// use xtype in the id and name so we can distinguish media replies from text replies:
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeId(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var name = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeName(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var attributes = {
			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
			};
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameReply(opt_postId, opt_extraParams, attributes);
		var iframe = showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
		// It was newly created
		if (iframe) {
			Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, {
				postId: opt_postId,
				node: iframe,
				xtype: params.xtype
			});
		}
	};
	obj.showLoginIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId) {
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeLoginIframeId(opt_postId);
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: id});
		showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed = function(container, opt_postId) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			obj.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, opt_postId);
		} else {
			obj.hideAllInContainer(container);
		}
	};
	obj.hideAllInContainer = function(container) {
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				child.style.display = 'none';
			}
		}
	};

	return obj;
}();

Dsq.Twitter = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startTwitterConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._twitterWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/twitter/begin/', 'twitterWindow', popupParams);
		that._twitterInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeTwitterConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeTwitterConnect = function() {
		if (that._twitterWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._twitterInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Yahoo = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startYahooConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._yahooWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/yahoo/begin/', 'yahooWindow', popupParams);
		that._yahooInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeYahooConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeYahooConnect = function() {
		if (that._yahooWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._yahooInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.OpenID = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.requestURL = function() {
		var message = '<table class="dsq-openid-form"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="2"><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/openid-icon-100x100.png" /></td>';
		message += '<td><label for="dsq-openid-url">OpenID URL:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-url" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td><label for="dsq-openid-username">Display name:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-username" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td class="dsq-openid-submit" colspan="3"><input type="button" value="Sign in" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.startConnect();" /></td></tr>';
		message += "</table>";

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sign in using OpenID');
	};

	this.startConnect = function() {
		var isblank = function(str) {
			return /^\s*$/.test(str);
		};

		var openid_url = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-url').value;
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-username').value;

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=500';
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/openid/begin/' + '?url=' + encodeURIComponent(openid_url) + '&username=' + encodeURIComponent(username);
		that._openidWindow = window.open(url, 'openidWindow', popupParams);
		that._openidInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeConnect = function() {
		if (that._openidWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._openidInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Reaction = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.hide = function(id) {
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/hidereaction.js?' + 'reaction_id=' + id);
	};

	this.reportMissingReactions = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled) {
			return;
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.queued) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Your report has been received. The system will automatically search for new reactions; if any are found, they will be displayed on this comment thread.<br/><br/>Thank&nbsp;you.',
												 'Reported missing reactions');
			return;
		}

		Dsq.Utils.execScript(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/forums/jackandjillpolitics/queueurl.js');
	};
};

Dsq.CNN = function() {
	var obj = {};

	obj.authenticate = function() {
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + "/saml/cnn/try/";
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<ul id="dsq-comments">\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3937524" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3937524" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3937524">NVolle</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3937524" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3937524" class="dsq-comment-message">I am troubled at the idea of Clinton as Secretary of State.  She showed herself to be anything but diplomatic in her approach to the presidential campaign.  I am troubled that such a vicious person might be representing this country to the world.  It is truly unsettling.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3942523">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3942523" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3942523" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3942523" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3942523" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3942523" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw how she made almost everyone except Israel in the Middle East the enemy.  <br><br>This is one choice Obama may live to regret.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3944751">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3944751" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3944751" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3944751" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3944751" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3944751" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s sounding more like Traitor Joe Lieberman.  Last night I sat in on a lecture with a professor who got called by Lieberman to testify on the Hill about attacking the Muslims in the Middle East and the professor essentially stated he frustrated Lieberman because he wouldn\'t go on record and call Muslims "terrorists" because to do that would mean you were labeling American-born Muslims "terrorists" as well.<br><br>Lieberman blew him off, and then used the guy\'s testimony to continue his lies against the Muslim populations in the Middle East because of loyalty to Israel.<br><br>Ugh, Ugh and Double Ugh.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3946630">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3946630" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3946630" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3946630">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3946630" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3946630" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactl, blksista.  NONWHITES NEED NOT APPLY !</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3935494">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935494" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935494" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3935494">RonnieB</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935494" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935494" class="dsq-comment-message">H. Clinton has little or no international experience.  Moreover, this choice rewards Clinton for her participatory role in sending our military into Iraq; an action for which she still has not shown any reqret or contrition.<br><br>Since there\'s no practical reason for this choice, I can only conclude that it\'s based on cold, calculated politics.   Whether it\'s trying to keep a tight leash on her, or whether he bluffing, I have to say ...<br><br><b>if this is true</b>, this is an ill-ad-f*cking-vised move, Mr. President.  I love you sir, but bad move.   I don\'t care about 2012 or who might or might not run against you.  I care about shyt gettin\' done right.  And Hillary ain\'t right.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3936358">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3936358" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3936358" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3936358">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3936358" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3936358" class="dsq-comment-message">I still don\'t see how she has the experience so unfortunately I\'m gonna have to go with the "political" theory. For O\'s sake, I hope it works.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3935506">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935506" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935506" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3935506">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935506" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935506" class="dsq-comment-message"><b> No Hillary.....Not Now.....Not Ever!</b></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3935676">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935676" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935676" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3935676">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935676" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935676" class="dsq-comment-message">All I can do is SMH in disgust.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3934960">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3934960" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3934960" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3934960">NMP</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3934960" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3934960" class="dsq-comment-message">I trust President Elect Obama, but I still don\'t get it.  I\'m listening to all of these talking heads tout her attributes and assets, the same folks who forewarned that Obama would be steam rolled by the highly disciplined juggernaut known as the Clinton Machine.  Well we learned that was utter bull shit.  She and her team were undisciplined, indecisive, disorganized and disloyal.  And it has continued with the slow roll out of this announcement.  I\'m sorry, but I just don\'t understand why President Elect Obama and his closest advisers, namely Axelrod and Jarrett, would want this.  I just don\'t.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3933609">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3933609" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3933609" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3933609" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3933609" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3933609" class="dsq-comment-message">This time, the "leak" came from an unnamed Obama Advisor who spoke on condition of anonymity.<br><br>I will happily eat crow if President-Elect Obama goes with someone else for the job, and I\'m wondering why is he waiting until after Thanksgiving to make the announcement?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3934386">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3934386" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3934386" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3934386">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3934386" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3934386" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL, I\'m going to wait until I hear it from President-Elect Obama\'s own mouth. <br><br>He\'s probably waiting until after Thanksgiving because he saw that clip of Palin sipping coffee while simultaneously, turkeys were being slaughtered.  LOL!!! :-))</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3935207">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935207" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935207" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3935207">Booky</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935207" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935207" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m going to wait until official word.  And isn\'t it funny, the same people who villified Hillary for 8 years and called her everything but a child of God are singing her praises? Isn\'t it funny the same people who are pushing Hillary for this position are war supporters?   I believe this is a case of the media trying to run Obama\'s show.  <br>It\'s the media.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3934409">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3934409" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3934409" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3934409" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3934409" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3934409" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, that would freeze my appitite, too.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3934966">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3934966" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3934966" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3934966">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3934966" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3934966" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:               Me 2.          LOL!  :&gt;)<br><br><b>T</b>ea and <b>T</b>urkey!   YUK!     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3933782">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3933782" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3933782" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3933782" href="http://listentoleon.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ListenToLeon</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3933782" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3933782" class="dsq-comment-message">I think this could be a good choice. Bill Richardson would have been good, as well. I don\'t think Hillary Clinton would spend the next four years trying to undermine Barack Obama, because I feel that she would take this position very seriously since the eyes of the world will be on her. Besides, at the end of the day, Obama is still the one in the position of power. He doesn\'t need to kiss her @ss. I\'m sure he\'d have no problem giving her the boot if she lost sight of it\'s intended purpose and tried to play games and jockey for position in 2012.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3935025">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935025" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935025" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3935025">NMP</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935025" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935025" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not so much worried about deliberate efforts to undermine him but her incompetence.  We were over sold on her competency before the start of the primaries.  She couldn\'t manage a campaign that had been in the making for years.  What are these "assets" everyone is talking about that would make her a good manager of an entire Department?</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3939832">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3939832" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3939832" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3939832">Cameron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3939832" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3939832" class="dsq-comment-message">Agreed.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3933910">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3933910" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3933910" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3933910">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3933910" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3933910" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m waiting for Obama to say it, myself.<br>IF Hillary is picked, she serves at the pleasure of the President of the United States.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3934298">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3934298" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3934298" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3934298">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3934298" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3934298" class="dsq-comment-message">Call it denial, but I\'ll believe it when I see it.  Until then I don\'t have the energy to get my knickers in a bunch over nonstop speculation.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3934915" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3934915" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3934915">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3934915" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3934915" class="dsq-comment-message">Admiral:  Co-sign.  Waiting to EXHALE.  . . . .</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3934063">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3934063" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3934063" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3934063">Kay</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3934063" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3934063" class="dsq-comment-message">For the love of God...People Bill Richardson will be put in another position for Obama. I heard Obama has alot of different Latino picks for many other positions. Calm down and let the man finish picking out people for the jobs he has left open to fill.<br>  None of you will be happy with who Obama picks to work for him "Someone or Somebody will have a thousand reasons why he should pick there personal guy/girl for that position." I care less if he picked a Purple alien named Twisting just as long as the person gets the job done.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3934390">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3934390" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3934390" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3934390" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3934390" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3934390" class="dsq-comment-message">Weren\'t you screaming at us yesterday about how Bill Richardson got screwed over by this pick?<br><br>Honestly, Kay, we welcome your input, but could you please tone it down?  Shouting at us like we\'re stupid does not earn you friends here - nor can you influence people by shouting at them when you\'re giving us your two cents.  Please - can you be respectful at least?</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3935918">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935918" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935918" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3935918">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935918" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935918" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks CPL.  I actually thought Kay had a couple of good points yesterday, but the condescension cancelled it out.  Just as in real life, this also applies to the Internet: it\'s not what you say but how you say it.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3934928">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3934928" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3934928" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3934928">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3934928" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3934928" class="dsq-comment-message">Word, CPL.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3935414">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935414" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935414" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3935414">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935414" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935414" class="dsq-comment-message">I second that!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3935696">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935696" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935696" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3935696">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935696" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935696" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you, CPL!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3935650">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935650" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935650" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3935650">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935650" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935650" class="dsq-comment-message">Personally, I draw the line at Jem\'Hadar.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3934078">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3934078" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3934078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3934078" href="http://esquiresworld.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Esquire</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3934078" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3934078" class="dsq-comment-message">Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.<br><br>I think Obama picking Clinton gives both of the Clintons an interest in the success of Obama\'s administration.  That may turn out to be false, but sec of state is a high profile position.  Any undermining of Obama could easily be seen as treason and pretty much obliterate the Clinton legacy.<br><br>Also, Obama has repeatedly shown he knows how to handle pretty much all comers.  I think the move should be given time to see how it works.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3936389" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3936389" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3936389">msationalone</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3936389" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3936389" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree w/this post.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3946626" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3946626" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3946626">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3946626" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3946626" class="dsq-comment-message">well I am waiting for the punch line.  Your thoughts sound good but it doesn\'t "feel" right.  I will let it go.  I decided to trust Obama so will let it go and wait and see.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935214" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935214" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3935214">BTx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935214" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935214" class="dsq-comment-message">She\'s a good choice for a number of reasons -<br><br>1. She has more cajones that the entire male contingent of Democrats in the House and senate who were so wimp they couldn\'t find the courage to put even the most egregarious criminals in the Bushit administration in jail. The Foreign leaders who spent much of the last 4 years alternately ignoring and laughing at Condo know the game is up.<br><br>2. She is well known in International circles. She and her Husband are the most respected American politicians around the world in the last 30 years.<br><br>3. She is a conservative Democrat, which means she is likely to deploy American force where necessary. <br><br>4. The Department of State suffers from the same "Brownie-zation" as FEMA and other parts of the Government where kool-aid drinking goose stepping to the tune called by the neo-cons was considered as the singular qualification - over policy experience or gravitas. She will have to oversee a complete rebuilding of the United States State Department from the ground up.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3938244" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3938244" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3938244">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3938244" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3938244" class="dsq-comment-message">1. Please give examples where Hillary has shown that she has "more cajones" than all of the male Democrats in office.<br><br>2. Why are they respected? Is it because of deals that the Clintons have made over the years? If so, what were these deals and what were the ramifications of these deals?<br><br>3. She signed off to deploy American force when it was NOT necessary --- IRAQ. And let\'s not forget her threat to "obliterate" Iran.<br><br>4. Hillary couldn\'t run her own presidential primary campaign, so how can she run the Dept. of State?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3939569" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3939569" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3939569">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3939569" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3939569" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-signing, Sepia  <br><br>Adding to #4.Hillary couldn\'t run her own presidential primary campaign, so how can she run the Dept. of State?  She can\'t.  Hillary couldn\'t run Monica Lewinsky\'s ass from under the Oval office desk while she was giving Bubba head.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3942663" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3942663" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3942663" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3942663" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3942663" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Hillary couldn\'t run Monica Lewinsky\'s ass from under the Oval office desk while she was giving Bubba head.</i><br><br>Okay, Spirit, it\'s clear who has been influencing you and it ain\'t me.<br><br>Town???? ROFLMAO!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3946775" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3946775" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3946775">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3946775" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3946775" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL & Town, LOL!  Both of you do for sure.  BIRDS O F A FEATHER......</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3948011" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3948011" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3948011">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3948011" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3948011" class="dsq-comment-message">You made me laugh out loud! ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935591" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935591" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3935591">Kat</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935591" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935591" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not thrilled, but I\'m not freaked either.  I loathe Hillary, but she is not Sarah Palin. She has a brain. She\'s a talented person. It\'s already had the added benefit of making Bill sit and stay (he opened up his financial records for review, he wouldn\'t even do that when Hillary was running for President). <br><br>If it makes any of you feel any better, just think about the fact that Hillary will have to be at the White House for meetings. And every time President Obama enters the room, she\'ll have to stand up.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935644" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935644" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3935644">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935644" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935644" class="dsq-comment-message">"And every time President Obama enters the room, she\'ll have to stand up."<br><br>That is one helluva silver lining.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935885" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935885" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3935885" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935885" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935885" class="dsq-comment-message">love it, and she better call him MR. President.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3936294" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3936294" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3936294" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3936294" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3936294" class="dsq-comment-message">Good point. Makes me feel a (tiny) bit better...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3937362" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3937362" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3937362">grace</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3937362" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3937362" class="dsq-comment-message">After how he did her while in office. He \'ll be opening up a lot for her. He owes her big time!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3937686" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3937686" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3937686">Kat</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3937686" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3937686" class="dsq-comment-message">You mean Bill owes Hillary a lot? That I agree with.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3941443" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3941443" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3941443">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3941443" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3941443" class="dsq-comment-message">The problem is he didn\'t do her.<br>He did Monica, he did Jennifer...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3942325" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3942325" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3942325">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3942325" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3942325" class="dsq-comment-message">And he probably did more too!  He\'s such a w%%%e</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3942581" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3942581" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3942581" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3942581" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3942581" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3946580" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3946580" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3946580">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3946580" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3946580" class="dsq-comment-message">lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935715" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935715" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3935715" href="http://juleswinfield.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">That guy</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935715" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935715" class="dsq-comment-message">"I can’t help but be afraid this choice is going to come back and burn the President, because I believe she will spend the next four years undermining Mr. Obama while trying to set herself up to challenge him in 2012."<br><br>This scenario sounds incredibly far-fetched. So what you believe is that the Clintons would somehow sabotage Obama\'s presidency for a few years, Hillary would resign in 2011 and then try to win the Democratic nomination in 2012, clearly backstabbing her former boss and attempting to fracture the Democratic party? Doesn\'t that sound ridiculous? This sounds like an assertion drawn from the image of the Clintons as shameless, power-hungry opportunists and has little basis in reality.<br><br>For that to even work, Obama would have to have a low approval rating around 2011 and Hillary would have to convince the Democratic primary voters that, despite being a part of the Obama administration, she offers a better direction for the country. No political machine is powerful enough to make that spin work.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935794" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935794" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3935794" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935794" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935794" class="dsq-comment-message">I see your point.<br><br>But if <I><B>ANYONE</I></B> was going to try to make that spin work, it\'d be the Clintons.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3938543" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3938543" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3938543">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3938543" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3938543" class="dsq-comment-message">Not after her 2008 run.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3936327" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3936327" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3936327">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3936327" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3936327" class="dsq-comment-message">yeah</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935766" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935766" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3935766" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935766" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935766" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m just thanking God that it wasn\'t Kerry.<br><br>I think Clinton will be fine. I\'m certain she\'s (and Bill\'s) on a damned tight leash. Wonder who\'s Plan B if (when?) she screws up.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935827" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935827" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3935827" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935827" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935827" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m really uncertain about this pick but I will admit that I don\'t know enough about Obama\'s plan. Somehow HRC has to figure into a bigger picture even though I wish she get nothing and be left to wallow in her loss. I believe there is a difference between the notions of experience versus skill sets. Experience doesn\'t equal talent or skill. <br><br>Someone mentioned that they serve at the pleasure of the President, which was a great reminder.  She starts to slide a different way than the Obama strategy, then she gets the door.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935862" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935862" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3935862" href="http://ladyvenoms.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ladyvenoms</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935862" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935862" class="dsq-comment-message">*stone faced*<br>*golf claps*<br><br>well if he likes it, i love it. i just hope this choice doesn\'t come back to haunt him. her appointment hearings might be interesting though.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935903" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935903" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3935903" href="www.ibeching.tumblr.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ibeching</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935903" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935903" class="dsq-comment-message">i\'m pretty damn disappointed that Obama chose the Clintons (plural) for secretary of state<br><br>yeah, Obama is much smarter than me, but i can\'t help but feel this is a huge mistake</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3936144" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3936144" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3936144" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3936144" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3936144" class="dsq-comment-message">"Enemies" under your chin - a SMART move!<br>Do not forget that he is an intellectual, seams like he loves challenges, but unlike most intellectuals he appears to be a VERY practical person.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3936053" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3936053" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3936053" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3936053" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3936053" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m getting annoyed that people are tripping over the lack of Latinos in the Cabinet. I don\'t want him to appoint anyone because they are Latino. I want him to pick someone because they are the best one for the job- given the specific needs of the Administration.<br><br>Question to the smart people on this website: What cabinet position could be/ would be responsible for revamping immigration? I admit that this politics world is a new one for me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3936262" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3936262" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3936262">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3936262" class="dsq-comment-message">That would be the Secretary of Homeland Security.  Here\'s the <a href="http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/photos/orgchart-web.png" rel="nofollow">DHS Organizational Chart</a>.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3939277" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3939277" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3939277">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3939277" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3939277" class="dsq-comment-message">hence Napolitano -Arizona - ground 1 for immigration ( think California is ground zero for immigration)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3936253" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3936253" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3936253" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3936253" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3936253" class="dsq-comment-message">This is not a done deal. This is the second time in as many weeks that this announcement has been made. Andrea Mitchell and the AP are not journalists. We should all know that by now.<br><br>The hacks can\'t stop obsessing about Clintonian Drama and neither can we, or so it seems.<br><br>::<br><br>From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann<br>*** So is It done? Call us skeptical, but why is it hard to believe that the news that Obama and Clinton have worked everything out and the appointment will take place just after Thanksgiving is something that will hold? There\'s going to be more pauses and skeptical stories about this happening between now and whenever the State announcement happens. It\'s the only way, right? Just consider this passage in today’s New York Times: “One friend said Mrs. Clinton decided late Wednesday to say no, reasoning that she would have more freedom in the Senate. By midday Thursday, the friend said, she was ‘back in the indecisive column again.’ By the end of the day, another associate said she could accept by Friday.”<br><br><a href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/21/1684466.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/...</a><br><br>::<br><br>I\'d say unless or until it\'s official, it\'s still bullshit.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3941851" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3941851" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3941851">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3941851" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3941851" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m keeping my fingers crossed.   The O team likes to make fools of the press.   They used to release that they were worried about fundraising, the MSM would report it, then O would announce a record haul...lol.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3936632" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3936632" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3936632">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3936632" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3936632" class="dsq-comment-message">There is speculation that Bill Richardson might take DNC Chair after Dean steps down.   <br><br>2012 is right around the corner and Latinos are the fastest growing segment of the population.  The GOP will undoubtedly attempt to pull them into the tent as part of their "Phoenix" strategy since I can\'t imagine they\'d expend major resources on us with Obama as POTUS.  If not Richardson, who?   <br><br>Also, a Richardson appointment to SoS is still possible; Hillary just gets first crack at it.  Remember how Powell and Rice worked out?<br><br>I think Mr. O has got this.  As long as he gets the POLICY OUTCOMES he seeks, this other b.s. is just noise.  <br><br>p.s.  Was the withdrawl of Pritzker\'s nod for Commerce a leak... or a means to identify a leak??   <br><br>:: adjusts tin foil hat ::  LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3936851" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3936851" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3936851">Denise</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3936851" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3936851" class="dsq-comment-message">let me rephrase my last sentence... was the Pritzker announcement a leak or a way to indentify the source of leaks?   <br><br>Just seems odd that someone would withdraw their name AFTER the fact. <br>:: shrugs ::</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3941062" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3941062" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3941062">Denise</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3941062" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3941062" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, MSNBC reports that Richardson gets the Commerce Dept. nod.  Good.  <br><br>::  drops crystal ball into trash can ::      LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3936652" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3936652" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3936652">teddy</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3936652" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3936652" class="dsq-comment-message">I admit this is a big gamble.  HUGE gamble.  It\'s possible that she fights him at every turn - disagreeing with every decision, strategy, or tactic.  It\'s possible that she\'ll fight to hire all her own people within State, giving her an independent power base within the executive branch.  It\'s possible this blows up in Obama\'s face.<br><br>But, there is one really big reason to like this move - it\'s all Hillary has left.  Word is that she\'s utterly bored in the Senate.  She played the game in order to get her shot at the big dance.  Now that she lost, she knows it was her only kick at the can.  Let\'s be real, no one is challenging Obama in 2012.  The republicans keep talking about developing their state-level farm system because they know they\'ve got 8 years before they\'ll really be in contention.  And is Hillary really going to sit in senate subcommittee meetings for the next 8 years and wait her turn again?  I don\'t think so.  What\'s left?<br><br>I\'ll tell you what\'s left - getting the credit for guiding the United States through two wars, a growing nuclear arms crisis with Iran, the rebuilding of the U.S.-E.U alliance (which will keep her very much in the economic loop), and the expansion of U.S. foreign aid to developing countries (another important ingredient of U.S. global capitalist imperialism - oops, I mean "leadership").  And she\'s got her enormously powerful ex-president husband who knows absolutely EVERYONE there is to know in the world to help in the process - it\'s a no brainer for her.  This is her last chance to make the kind of historical impact that she feels she was destined to make, but abdicated for Bill.  Now it\'s his turn to use up all his assets for her the way she did for him.<br><br>It\'s also a no-brainer for Obama (albeit quite risky).  HRC will do everything she can to succeed.  And because Obama is the president, her success is his success.  All it requires is that he be able to stand back while she gets the shine.  Fortunately for us, Obama is just that kidn of cat.  He doesn\'t care if people call it a co-presidency in public, as long as he knows his agenda is going forward.  And when all is said and done, it is Obama\'s agenda that she will carry out.  As I\'ve said in another post, only Obama can authorize the movement of troops and money that the SOS promises.  If she steps out of line too many times and he doesn\'t back her up, countries will soon know that she\'s talking out of turn and she\'ll lose credibility.  She has absolutely no real power besides the power to represent the president.  If she were to go rogue and lose that creidbility she\'d be useless, and she knows it.  That\'s the bottom line.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3949029" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3949029">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3949029" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3949029" class="dsq-comment-message">"Let\'s be real, no one is challenging Obama in 2012."<br><br>-I\'m sure Hillary thought a variation of this in 2006 concerning 2008.<br>She thought she was "entitled."<br>Wonder how that turned out?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3955874">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3955874" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3955874" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3955874">DPM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3955874" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3955874" class="dsq-comment-message">Well the number of credible challenges to incumbent Presidents in our current primary system (circa 1972) is limited to 1.  That\'s it.  Challenging a front-runner for the nomination and challenging a sitting US President are two completely different things.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3937044" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3937044" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3937044" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3937044" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3937044" class="dsq-comment-message">Are we Pam? Are we gonna wake up and find Bobby in the shower and the entire year was all a dream? So he\'s capitulating. He\'s done it before. This will not be the last time. I still \'hope\' for an effective Obama administration. At least this gets her out of the Senate. Now we\'ll see how long it takes for her, Bill and Joe to mess something up. Any disappointment we feel is because we bought into the symbolism of a fantastic message running smack into reality. He had to pay the piper for their "support". Hopefully that\'s a debt paid....but we\'ll see. I would\'ve rather had Colin Powell back as tarnished as he is rather than her. She is not going to listen to him and I just hope it blows up in her face and he can get rid of her without it derailing his entire administration. In a way I wish he would run things like Bush: bulldoze his way, not tell anybody anything, have the media in his pocket but run the gov\'t competently. But he\'s the Black president and he\'ll never get away with doing that. Round 1 - Obama, Round 2- Clintons.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3941691" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3941691" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3941691">Michelle</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3941691" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3941691" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Any disappointment we feel is because we bought into the symbolism of a fantastic message running smack into reality. </i><br><br>That is serious truth IMO.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3947736" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3947736" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3947736">Quanli</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3947736" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3947736" class="dsq-comment-message">I am especially feeling the Bush analogy. A man totally unfazed...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3937149" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3937149" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3937149">NO ID</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3937149" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3937149" class="dsq-comment-message">Why do people hate Hillary so much? The campaign is over with and she did her thing for Obama after she lost. Why not take your opponent, who you already know is tough and sharp and make her one of your top allies? He needs tough people around him so he\'s clean of any fallout from controversy. I think it\'s a smart move, and she\'ll do well.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3937495" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3937495" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3937495" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3937495" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3937495" class="dsq-comment-message">Hillary Clinton speaks the language of the NeoCons on Middle Eastern foreign policy.<br><br>That no one talks much about that is alarming.<br><br>She would be the worst possible choice for the position for  so many reasons.  <br><br>I hold out hope that all the leaks about this backfire.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3938058" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3938058" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3938058">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3938058" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3938058" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Hillary Clinton speaks the language of the NeoCons on Middle Eastern foreign policy.<br><br>That no one talks much about that is alarming.</i><br><br>That\'s what I\'ve been saying.  She enabled Bush to launch a foolish and immoral war, and has shown no regret or contrition about it.  <br><br>And whether or not her nomination is true, once again the media perception isn\'t that President Obama may extend her a gracious offer, but that she\'s once again successfully wedged her fat, pasty ass into a situation that benefits only her, and was somehow "successful" in negotiating her way forward.<br><br>That\'s why I hate today\'s "White Girl Media".  It\'s all about <i>them</i> and nobody else.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3938509" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3938509" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3938509" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3938509" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3938509" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>She enabled Bush to launch a foolish and immoral war, and has shown no regret or contrition about it.</i><br><br>Nor should she. I have a lot more respect for someone who casts a votes and stands by it than one who bends and sways to the popular political position of the hour.<br><br>And I think that mentality-given, of course, the guidelines that Obama would place on Clinton-would serve her well in the position.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3939240" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3939240" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3939240">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3939240" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3939240" class="dsq-comment-message">True respect is earned by someone who acknowledges a regret for an action taken.  Disdain and contempt only comes to those who are too pigheaded and mulish to admit their mistake and move forward.<br><br>That you "respect" the latter because it comports with your worldview, says more about you than the person to whom you\'re showing that "respect."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3939406" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3939406" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3939406" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3939406" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3939406" class="dsq-comment-message">Not so.<br><br>I <i>respect</i> the people who voted against Iraq and stick by that vote even today (even though most of them choose not to return the favor). <br><br>It\'s got nothing to do with my worldview and <i>everything</i> to do with making a judgment call and being able to stick with it, regardless of the consequences.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3939682" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3939682" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3939682">RonnieB</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3939682" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3939682" class="dsq-comment-message">Fair enough, sir.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3940000" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3940000" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3940000">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3940000" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3940000" class="dsq-comment-message">OK D, I disagree with you there:-). It\'s human to make a mistake! Sheesh, why is it so hard for her to admit it?!?!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3940169" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3940169" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3940169" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3940169" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3940169" class="dsq-comment-message">It is human to make a mistake.<br><br>But every time I heard Clinton mention her Iraq vote, she always said that she made it based on the information that was available at the time.<br><br>So did she lie? No. Did she just go off half cocked? No. Clinton did what 77 other members of the Senate did (including Kerry, Edwards, Biden, Lieberman (he was still a democrat then)).<br><br>They made a judgement call based on the information that was available to them at the time. Now, they can all regret that vote, and that\'s fair (considering the circumstances). <br><br>But to <i>apologize</i> for it; to essentially say that they didn\'t know what they were doing or didn\'t pay attention, speaks to a certain weakness that <i>no one</i> should want in their leaders.<br><br>If you have the courage to voice an opinion, have the courage of conviction to stand by it. Otherwise, you should just say nothing at all.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3940938" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3940938" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3940938">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3940938" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3940938" class="dsq-comment-message">OK to quote Ronnie B, "fair enough, sir" :-)<br><br>Although somebody knew the "information made available" was BS. <br><br>Sorry, couldn\'t just let it go at that! :-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3941422" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3941422" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3941422" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3941422" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3941422" class="dsq-comment-message">And that\'s fair, seeing as how the info was somewhat suspect.<br><br>I can conceed that.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3943324" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3943324" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3943324" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3943324" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3943324" class="dsq-comment-message">Recommended for "fat, pasty a**."<br><br>Hee.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3947653" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3947653" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3947653">Quanli</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3947653" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3947653" class="dsq-comment-message">ITA!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3941786" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3941786" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3941786">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3941786" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3941786" class="dsq-comment-message">Hitchens was talking about that in a couple appearances last week...   I hated the "obliterate Iran" comment like she was ordering a side of fries.    The thing is, Hillary looks detached even when she\'s saying this stuff..what does she really believe, exactly?   The tough talk doesn\'t convince me, and still the detachment is menacing.    Is this all a game for her?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3949292" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3949292" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3949292">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3949292" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3949292" class="dsq-comment-message">TruthSeeker, this detachment you speak of is very palpble.  I noticed it specically when she spoke at the DNC. When she invoked Harriet Tubman,   I\'m like, not feeling you, honey.  She\'  stone cold heartless.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3949422" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3949422" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3949422" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3949422" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3949422" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s the curse of Scorpio. <br><br>The evolved ones get through it.<br><br>Hillary is not evolved.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3949645" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3949645" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3949645">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3949645" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3949645" class="dsq-comment-message">This is true, and that is why she is dangerous. If you don\'t have the capacity to show compassion for others, the mind will take you into the zone of narcissism.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3949601" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3949601" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3949601">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3949601" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3949601" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit,<br><br>I find her cold too...  And I\'ll never forget the assassination comment either.   Michelle has said she\'s talked with Hillary....I can\'t imagine Michelle feeling truly warm toward her.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3949973" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3949973" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3949973">Justice58</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3949973" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3949973" class="dsq-comment-message">Me neither, Truthseeker!<br><br>How can one get past that kind of comment! Fact is, Hillary doesn\'t give a d%mn & it\'s anything to win! Nothing is off limits!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3950266" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3950266">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3950266" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3950266" class="dsq-comment-message">Truth, you mean this comment?:<br><br>My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don\'t understand it." <br><br>Video clip- <a href="http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=101403" rel="nofollow">http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=101403</a><br>**********************************************************<br><br>You might find this clip of interest too.<br><br>Click on "The Chain of Command after Regan was Shot"<br><br>In1981, Alexander Haig was Regan\'s Secretary of State .<br><br><a href="http://www.icue.com/portal/site/iCue/chapter/?vgnextchannel=314a2ef11ac65110VgnVCM100000a7c3d240RCRD&chapterchannel=c229d64c8b7eb110VgnVCM10000075c1d240RCRD" rel="nofollow">http://www.icue.com/portal/site/iCue/chapter/?v...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3950541">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3950541" class="dsq-comment-message">Spirit,<br><br>When I heard Hillary say those words, I couldn\'t believe it! I thought.... Oh. No. She. Didn\'t.  The witch will do anything to have power and F anyone that get in her way!<br><br><b>Hell To The  Naw</b><br><br>Shhhhh....I stole that line from Rikyrah! <b>:)</b></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3942559" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3942559" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3942559" class="dsq-comment-message">She\'s going to have to give up her Senate seat.  Okay, Hill.  Chew on that one and <i>then live with following another man\'s directions, or NOT.</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3937578" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3937578">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3937578" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3937578" class="dsq-comment-message">Obviously that\'s not a question; rather a plea.  But there are no takers here.<br><br>HRC and her team of back-knifers ... "are who we *thought* they were."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3939192">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3939192" class="dsq-comment-message">Say it  again, RonnieB!  <br><br>THE CLINTONISTAS ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!    IT\'S BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT, I TELL YOU!  IF YOU WANT TO CROWN THEM, THEN CROWN THEIR  ASS, BUT THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_N1OjGhIFc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_N1OjGhIFc</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3947956" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3947956" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3947956">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3947956" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3947956" class="dsq-comment-message">ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>Did you hit something when you said that?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3948243" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3948243" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3948243">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3948243" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice8,  Hee,hee hee!  Denny is my man.  You know I couldn\' hep myself.  He used to coach our Minnesota Vikings.<br><br>And they are who we know they are!<br><br>YES THEY ARE!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3948477" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3948477" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3948477">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3948477" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3948477" class="dsq-comment-message">And we\'re not letting them off the hook!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3939689" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3939689" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3939689">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3939689" class="dsq-comment-message">Unfortunately I think you are right, Ronnie B. Maybe she will surprise us and I hope she does for the sake of the country!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3937494" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3937494" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3937494">Sharon</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3937494" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3937494" class="dsq-comment-message">My biggest wish is that folks would stop over analyzing every decision and let the man do what he needs to do. Given the way he ran the campaign I\'ve no reason to believe that each choice isn\'t made carefully and for strategic reasons. As for the lack of latinos...I don\'t think he\'s finished selecting cabinet members so just be a little patient why don\'t you!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3938631" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3938631">Miss- Opinion </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3938631" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3938631" class="dsq-comment-message">I co sign this</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3941083" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3941083" href="http://shruglife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mr. Noface</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3941083" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you!  I\'m amazed at how people are already thinking that this man has lost his mind because he wants HRC as his Secretary of State (OMG!! No He didn\'t!!).  It\'s funny, because had Obama not run for POTUS these same people probably would have voted for her.  The man has a good track record (as for as these things go) so far, so I am going to give him and Hilary the benefit of the doubt.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3945250" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3945250" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3945250" class="dsq-comment-message">The last time we relaxed, a concentrated effort to rescind civil rights and liberties got underway as far back as 1978.<br><br>The price of freedom is ETERNAL VIGILANCE.  Freedom Ain\'t Free.  And Mr. Obama campaigned on a platform of ACCOUNTABILITY, so we have every RIGHT to analyze who he puts in his Cabinet because his choices reflects whether or not he\'s truly for CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN, or if he\'s just another damned Politician.<br><br>If we don\'t demand NOW, we pay for his choices LATER.  And they may be bills that I don\'t want to pay, and therefore, silence is tacit consent to POTUS and don\'t get mad when you protest after the deal is done because silence communicates to Mr. Obama that we\'re okay with what he\'s doing.<br><br>Everyone else will be faster on the trigger than we are now - Kos is already trying to whip up protest against these Cabinet picks.  This is no time to bury our heads in the sand.  Trust...but VERIFY.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3939484" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3939484">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3939484" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3939484" class="dsq-comment-message">"I\'m wondering why is he waiting until after Thanksgiving to make the announcement?"<br><br>Becuase he want\'s to give folks time to get used to, rationalize, and accommodate the idea of him making HRC- the woman who said that we wasn\'t ready to be Commander in Chief- Secretary of State?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3939592" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3939592">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3939592" class="dsq-comment-message">Because he wants us to be able to digest our turkey! LOL!<br><br>Or maybe he thinks he won\'t sound so much  like a "jive turkey" then! LOL!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3939863">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3939863" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3939863" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for responding to the gist of my comment, and ignoring the misspellings, the unnecessary apostrophe, etc. LOL.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3939510">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3939510" class="dsq-comment-message">Timothy Geithner will be Secretary of Treasury</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3940119" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3940119">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3940119" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <br><br>WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Timothy Geithner, the president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, is expected to be tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to be the next secretary of the U.S. Treasury, NBC News and the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.<br>NBC News said Obama was expected to announced his economic team Monday in an effort to calm markets.<br><br>Geithner was considered a top prospect along with former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers for the Treasury post, which is in the forefront of efforts to tamp down the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.<br><br>Geithner would take over from U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, with whom he has been working hand-in-glove for months while dealing with a crisis that continues to wrack financial markets worldwide.<br><br><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/2008-11-21-obama-treasury-geithner_N.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usatoday.com/money/2008-11-21-obama-...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3940153" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3940153">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3940153" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah,<br><br>Here\'s an article with photo<br><br><a href="http://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/bios/banks/pres02.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/bios/...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3942495" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3942495" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3942495" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3942495" class="dsq-comment-message">Geithner worked with Kissinger Associates.<br><br>Yes, <i>THAT</i> Kissinger.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3944389" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3944389" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3944389" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3944389" class="dsq-comment-message">Dayum, and I heard of this guy when I was at the Fed, but they sure as hell played down his working for that warmongering fool.<br><br>I\'m gonna wait until Obama gets all his picks in place before I do any deep analytical thinking about what message he\'s sending to US and to the world with these Cabinet picks.<br><br>And I have yet to hear Jesse Jackson Jr\'s name come up in discussions for posts, either.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3945627">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3945627" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3945627" class="dsq-comment-message">Unless Jr. gets his Senate Seat, I don\'t see Jr. leaving Congress.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3948083" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3948083" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3948083" class="dsq-comment-message">Jr. would be a good pick for Education department.  His book "A More Perfect Union" has a big section on the need for a constitutional amendment to improve public education in the United States, because if the schools are going to hell, the people can bring a case in the Supreme Court alleging the constitutionality of doing so.<br><br>It\'s a good argument, and as Education Secretary, he\'d be in a good position to repeal No Child Left Behind and put in some REAL changes to the Public Education system.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3948983" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3948983">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3948983" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3948983" class="dsq-comment-message">You mentioned that before, and I didn\'t disagree. I just think Jr.\'s not leaving that Congressional Seat unless it\'s a move up the ladder, electorally - <br><br>OR.....<br><br>what about a position in the Justice Department?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3953519" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3953519" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3953519" class="dsq-comment-message">Can\'t really see Jr. in Justice working for Holder because they are two brothas with STRONG personalities.<br><br>If Jr. heads up Education, his wife can run for and probably get his Congressional seat - and that would be a first, having a CBC member\'s spouse actually succeed their partner in Congress.  Sandi Jackson is already an elected official - she\'s an Alderman in Chicago and doing very well from all accounts, but this would be a good fit.<br><br>Jr. was going to challenge Daley for Mayor of Chicago a couple of years ago, which I thought was a step down.  I\'m glad he ran for re-election to his Congressional seat instead - plus, he wouldn\'t have to worry about re-election if he takes a Cabinet position.<br><br>But Obama has to offer it, first - so this is my wistful thinking going on.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3958116" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3958116" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3958116" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3958116" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama is shaking the trees for Valerie Jarrett to take his place, it is said.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3939898" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3939898">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3939898" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3939898" class="dsq-comment-message">My people, what\'s up? OK, on one hand the lady\'s smart, seems to learn quickly, a known commodity BUT on the other, the prospect of all of us becoming afflicted with More Fucking Clinton Drama(MFCD), 21st century edition, for the next 4 - 8 years is almost too much to bear. I feel like I want to puke. <br><br>Senator Clinton, if you are nominated and confirmed, please just do your job. Leave the drama behind, PLEASE!<br><br>T.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3942486" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3942486" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3942486" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3942486" class="dsq-comment-message">Ewwww...<br><br>Just, <i>ewwwwww!</i></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3942624" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3942624">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3942624" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3942624" class="dsq-comment-message">Honey, that "ewwwwwww" feeling that you are obviously getting is the first stage of MFCD Syndrome. Mark my words, with this lady at State, drama is inevitable! I cannot bear the thought. <br><br>T.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3943362" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3943362" href="http://godlessliberalhomo.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">libhomo</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3943362" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3943362" class="dsq-comment-message">The idea of a bloodthirsty war monger like Clinton as Secretary of State really frightens me.  Also, her militant, Christian fundamentalism makes me doubt she can be an effective diplomat with foreign leaders who are Muslim.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3944155" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3944155" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3944155" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3944155" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3944155" class="dsq-comment-message">Word.  And after sitting in a lecture last night on how badly America has failed to understand what is Muslim, your comments about Hillary gives me the same degrees of trepidation in dealing in the Middle East.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3940059">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3940059" class="dsq-comment-message">Geithner is at Treasury. That\'s good. I\'m too much of a hater to let the clinton nomination go. I\'m done w/ Obama. <br>Have a good life</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3941160" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3941160" href="http://ladyvenoms.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ladyvenoms</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3941160" class="dsq-comment-message">it\'s happening already. The O man is getting a school named after him!<br><br><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jiOvEhrMtixXjrBEshNB3EzurROwD94JEU0O6" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALe...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3941252" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3941252" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3941252" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG!!!! I was thinking about this since March when it looked like this was actually possible. OMG, I\'mma cry y\'all, I can\'t believe this!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3941221" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3941221" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3941221" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3941221" class="dsq-comment-message">Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!<br><br>I\'m not submitting until I hear him say it. <br>However, if this is true: I, <i>of course</i>, believe this is the wrong choice. If it is, we\'ll just have to wait for this bite him in the butt. To quote T. some post below me, she brings <b>MFCD</b> "More Fucking Clinton Drama". Hopefully Mrs. Clinton surprises us all and becomes a team player. I hope she shocks us all....I really do. <br><br>Y\'all know I was Team Richardson from jump, because he <i>actually has more experience</i>. I think this is a spit in the face of Richardson, but who am I, just a voter with an opinion.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3941226" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3941226">freespiritbty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3941226" class="dsq-comment-message">NO. NO.NO.NO.NO.NO.NO.NO!!! Clinton fatigue setting in.<br><br>Heavy sigh....CPL.  Co-signing every word of your post.  <br><br>I\'m tuning out the traditional media for awhile.  For the next week it\'s going to be me watching puppy cams, movies, CNBC, HGTV, soaps, and court shows because the media spin has broken my bullshit meter.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3942564" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3942564">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3942564" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t get over this feeling that my chain is being yanked by the MSM.  Now she\'s "wrestling with the idea?"  I stil smell something foul in the air.  Funny how the story keeps changing from moment to moment in one day alone.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3942739" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3942739" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3942739" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3942739" class="dsq-comment-message">Which is why I put in the update when I saw it on the AP wire.<br><br>Did she <i>honestly</i> think she would be able to keep both jobs?<br><br>Maybe it\'s a way for her to GRACEFULLY turn down the offer and allow Obama to go with another pick.<br><br>I do like the fact of Geithner at Treasury and the fact that Richardson might get Commerce, but we need to also remember Obama can nominate but the Senate gets to confirm, and as said downthread, if he goes with Hillary, those Senate confirmation hearings might be very interesting, especially when they bring up Bubba\'s dealings (in the bedroom as well as out of it).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3943062" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3943062">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3943062" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL - You may be on to something there as far as a "graceful" exit. Those hearings would be "interesting" indeed.  All their business would be out in the street.  Curioser and Curioser.  Seems the rabbit hole goes deep in this unfolding drama.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3946115">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3946115" class="dsq-comment-message">Word, CPL.  I am not going to hold any images of her in that post, PERIOD!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3950267" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3950267">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3950267" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  Yes SHE did!  Bofadem!  :&gt;)    In HER PARALLEL UNIVERSE!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>BUT, I keep forgetting, SHE has ta be CONFIRMED 2.  <br><br>SHE\'s JUST a NOMINEE!  Wonder IFFF anything could happen at that point??  Hmmmmm.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3947902" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3947902">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3947902" class="dsq-comment-message">Hell yeah, you\'re right!  First, the New York Times says Hillary  has accepted then almost an hour later, MSNBC reports that Hillary is still discussing the possibility! What?   This sh%t is changing way too much!  Something is not right here!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3942830" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3942830">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3942830" class="dsq-comment-message">EVENING THREAD IS UP</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3942981" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3942981">CLD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3942981" class="dsq-comment-message">I DO NOT LIKE HILLARY FOR SOS PERIOD<br>I LOVE OBAMA BUT THIS CHOICE IF TRUE AND SAID BY OBAMA HIMSELF, THEN HE WILL LIVE WITH HIS DECISION. <br>A BAD MOVE.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3943081" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3943081" href="http://www.latinopoliticsblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">adriana01</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3943081" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3943081" class="dsq-comment-message">"I cannot help but think that Mr. Obama’s choice of Hillary is also a slap in the face to Richardson as well.  Not only would picking Richardson had been a good, competent choice, the bonus would have been the willingness to place a Latino in a stellar position of trust with America’s Foreign Policy."<br><br>I do think that if Obama does not put a Latino in a higher level cabinet position or at least put in a few, he will risk losing support in the Latino community. He may get away with it in the end since we don\'t have anywhere else to go, but he will disappoint a younger generation of Latinos and Latinas aspiring to be policy makers on the national scene. <br><br>It once again shows that you can speak multiple languages, amass an extensive foreign policy resume, be a person of color (brown- like most of the Western Hemisphere) and still come up short.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3943886" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3943886" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3943886" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m watching BBCAmerica right now, and they\'re discussing Hillary for SoS and played all of the clips where she was dissing Obama in the primaries, and how problematic she would be as SoS.<br><br>If the Brits get it, why can\'t the Traditional Media in the United States?  &lt;&lt;&lt;eye roll&gt;&gt;&gt;</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3944570" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3944570" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3944570" href="http://www.latinopoliticsblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">adriana01</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3944570" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3944570" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, she could very well steal Obama\'s thunder internationally, but she won\'t get the crowds of 100,000 + to hear her speak. That is for sure. <br><br>I think that she\'s going to have to really watch what she says... I hope that Obama sends her to the Sudan. Let her solve that problem. <br><br>But how much do you want to bet that she\'s only going to want to go to Japan and Europe and ignore the rest of the world?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3945560" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3945560" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3945560" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3945560" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3945560" class="dsq-comment-message">For real.  She\'s not going anywhere near Africa, because the Africans may rise up and remind her of her husband\'s dismal policies regarding Rwanda and the Congo.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3950233" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3950233">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3950233" class="dsq-comment-message">adriana:  <i>ignore the rest of the world. . </i>  CO-SIGN!!<br><br>BUT, THIS IS NOT HER SHOW.  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>She WILL GO where "HER BOSS" tells her ta go!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3949314" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3949314">freespiritbty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3949314" class="dsq-comment-message">Kudos to the BBCAmerica for keeping it real.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3950219" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3950219">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3950219" class="dsq-comment-message">adriana:   HEY!   :&gt;)<br><br>NOW it has been stated that <b>BILL RICHARDSON</b> WILL B nominated for <b>COMMERCE SECRETARY!</b>  Whooo!  Hooo!  :&gt;)<br><br>NOW U can "STAND DOWN."  [I learned that from D.]  :&gt;)<br><br>I\'m thinking that you are aware of the following:<br><br>1.  <a href="http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/_client/pdf/HB100influentials_2007.pdf" rel="nofollow">100 MOST INFLUENTIAL Hispanics</a><br><br>2.  <a href="http://www.hispanicengineer.com/artman/publish/printer_76.shtml" rel="nofollow">TOP HISPANICS In Government & Education</a><br><br>3.  <a href="http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/influentials/" rel="nofollow">MOST INFLUENTIAL HISPANICS</a><br><br>No intent to be condescending.  This is a show of <b>PRIDE!</b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3956560" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3956560" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3956560" href="http://www.latinopoliticsblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">adriana01</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3956560" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3956560" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you for posting those lists Green Lady. I have read lots of those before. There are some Latinos who are very well qualified, and many more that just haven\'t been given the opportunity yet. I have lots of commentary about this on my own blog. <br><br>And yes, Richardson for Commerce Secretary will be a big positive. :) He could always play musical chairs and do Sec. of State in a 2nd Obama administration.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3956613" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3956613">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3956613" class="dsq-comment-message">adrina:  U  R  welcome.  My pleasure!  Annnnnnd, I learned some things 2!! :&gt;)<br><br>Again, I posted with RESPECT to you!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Thank you for seeing that!:&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3947668" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3947668" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3947668" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3947668" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s what I\'m hoping.<br><br>LIke many of us want to know, Barack <i>had</i> to know what Bill was up to giving all those speeches around the globe. So, he discusses Secretary of State with Hillary. If she can convince Bubba to disclose, he\'ll strongly consider offering her the job. But he doesn\'t want to offer her the job, he just wants information about Bubba\'s donors. He can then refuse to offer Hillary the post because he wants to avoid the media feeding frenzy that ensued the minute she opened her mouth and told anyone what they had spoken about.<br><br>The Clintons will be livid but they won\'t be able to do anything about it because Barack has the donor list card to play as trump, giving him all the power he needs stop any of the Clintons\' machinations dead in their tracks.<br><br>That\'s what I\'m hoping.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3948042" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3948042" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3948042" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3948042" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3948042" class="dsq-comment-message">Sounds like a plan.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3948134" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3948134">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3948134" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3948134" class="dsq-comment-message">CraigHickman, now, that\'s an image I can live with.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3948358" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3948358" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3948358">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3948358" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3948358" class="dsq-comment-message">I can deal with that!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3948507" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3948507" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3948507">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3948507" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3948507" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok. I\'m putting on my tinfoil hat. <br><br>1. He already has a copy of the donor lists.<br>2. He is genuinely putting out an offer to her. The moment of trust is whether the lists they release to his people match what he has. If it does, then they\'re serious. <br>I don\'t think he believes for one moment that the list WILL MATCH. But, miracles happen. <br>3. The conditions that he places on her being SOS- WITH REGARDS TO BUBBA, is attempting to put a cap on him, and having her under thumb.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3949375" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3949375" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3949375" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3949375" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Hillary\'s ethics are so compromised, she can\'t possibly act as a credible Secretary of State in an Obama administration. <br><br>And she <a href="http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/al-giordano/2008/11/us-secretary-state-cautionary-tale" rel="nofollow">doesn\'t back up her international human rights rhetoric with action</a>.<br><br>And she\'s secretive to a fault.<br><br>If Barack wants to make this statement with her as head of State, then so be it. <br><br>Hillary Clinton is out of her mind.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3949707" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3949707" href="http://www.hustleandfloe.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hustleandfloe</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3949707" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3949707" class="dsq-comment-message">good point:  i do wonder if this move will compromise the new and growing moral authority.  if so, that will only be shortlived if she does the job well.  won\'t stop being one more topic in the republicans\' Search for an Agenda:  They\'re trying hard to say this ain\'t change.  They may be right, but it\'s not sticking.  Honestly, though, I think it is change even if Obama stuffs the cabinet full o\' clintons.  they\'re gonna act differently (i.e. as O wants them to) because they\'re more loyal to that loot and the power than to any ideology or loyalty.  So, if you take that away, then all you have left is a bunch of well-traveled and skillful actors.  He will have made them statesmen despite their dirty pasts.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3949638" href="http://www.hustleandfloe.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hustleandfloe</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3949638" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3949638" class="dsq-comment-message">I think you\'re both right, per your pt #2.  If O has the list, (as I believe, too) it\'s still a very public chess move on Hil.  (rook to queen\'s 1: CHECK) The comeclean\'s gotta be public and complete. That\'ll be big because it will affect how we deal with the actors BC has engaged by forcing a limitation on friendliness to the supposed bad boys.  There\'s long term benefit in that for O as he will, by this move, set his own tone and implicit requirements for foreign policy and sec\'y clinton would have to toe that line. This is consistent with what looks to be his developing  "big stick" policy toward Iran and others.  Or she may opt out altogether, just to keep that cash flowing to the crib.   He can win either way.   All that said - this is pure rubbish on my part as we all know that only Tom Clancy knows the deal...   more trial balloons here than at a 1st grade birthday party.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3950224">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3950224" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3950224" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3950224">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3950224" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3950224" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>HRC Campaign Sale: Everything Must Go!</b><br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15875.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15875...</a><br><br><i>Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign is wrapping up a fire sale of sorts, in which it dispensed computers, servers, desks and most other office fixtures not bolted down to charities, campaign vendors, politicians and just regular folks — all in the name of raising cash to pay off its debt.</i> <br><br><i>Until about three weeks ago, signs in the windows of Clinton’s suburban Washington campaign headquarters advertised a moving sale and offered all kinds of office equipment for purchase, and some equipment is still listed for sale online. From the time she conceded the Democratic presidential nomination to Barack Obama through the end of October, Clinton’s campaign reaped $373,000 through nearly 400 separate “asset sales,” according to reports her campaign filed with the Federal Election Commission.</i> <br><br><i>That won’t put much of a dent in her vendor debt, which stood at $7.5 million at the end of October, according to an FEC report filed Thursday night.</i></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3950323">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3950323" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3950323" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3950323">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3950323" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3950323" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58, indeed EVERYTHING MUST GO!  THIS INCLUDES HILLARY!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3950469">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3950469" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3950469" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3950469">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3950469" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3950469" class="dsq-comment-message">Spirit,<br><br>I swear to Gawd.....I was intending to include the same comment in my post! I\'m doing too many things at once & getting a little twisted! lol<br><br>But great line tho!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3954343" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3954343" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3954343" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3954343" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3954343" class="dsq-comment-message">Bwahahahahahaha!!!! Thanks, I needed that laugh...*sigh*<br><br>I just read a Salon article about why people who don\'t like Hillary are haters, and they should just suck it up because she is a great choice for SoS. *blank stare*</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3957062" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3957062" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3957062" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3957062" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3957062" class="dsq-comment-message">Lol! Good one!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3934867">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3934867" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3934867" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3934867">grace</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3934867" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3934867" class="dsq-comment-message">He should have given her the Vice President position. She would have been less influential there and less of a threat! Now that she will become Secretary of State, I wonder if she will try to undermine Obama, I cannot not see her not in it for her own agenda. No, I do not like this move. His administration looks like the Clinton years. This going to be an interesting  next 4- years and why do I see Bill Clinton with a big grin on his face?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3935720" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3935720" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3935720">qmastertoo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3935720" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3935720" class="dsq-comment-message">It is a smack in the face for Bill Richardson and I think Obama is trying to be a little too cute. Now I have thought about the counter-argument: he must be palnning to do things that the Jews in Florida and Jersey will not like at all. He can use Hillary to talk them down in a way that he could not with Bill or Kerry. and Someone said Bill was a grabass (dont know what that means) and that Kerry wouldn\'t be able to stand up to Biden. It is an odd post though. It seems that any and every person who endorsed Obama will get passed over for the good jobs (V.P., SOS, SOD, National security advisor) I think that it is odd and he may pay a price in 2012 for his lack of Latinos in his cabinet. People are learning what really happens when you endorse Obama.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3939411">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3939411" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3939411" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3939411">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3939411" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3939411" class="dsq-comment-message">qmastertoo:  HEY!  :&gt;)    Possibly:  <b>BILL RICHARDSON</b>  COMMERCE SECRETARY.  Just announced on MSNBC.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3938024">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3938024" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3938024" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3938024">babyming</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3938024" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3938024" class="dsq-comment-message">I really don\'t like Hillary Clinton.  Hard to imagine her as SecState visiting Bosnia, when her "sniper fire" lie is replayed all over TV and the Internet.  But it looks like Obama is trying to start out with as few enemies as possible.  Later, if someone disappoints him, he\'ll be in a good position to get rid of them.  <br>It\'s strange to say, considering how much I dislike Hillary, but she just might "rise to the occassion" and be a good SecState.  Bill might be put to good use in the Middle East.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3938104" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3938104" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3938104">RonnieB</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3938104" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3938104" class="dsq-comment-message">If it\'s true, it\'s a bad reason to nominate somebody.</div>\
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