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  Posted By: lunamoon @ 06/20/2008 9:20:04 PM

  Dear Jonathan Alter,
  Again tonight you said on MSNBC's Countdown that "...one thing that can stop Obama from getting to the White House is a terrorist attack."
  
  Why do you, as an analyst, insist on surmising that a terrorist attack would hurt Obama's campaign and help McCain's?
  
  Wouldn't a terrorist attack unfortunately and vividly demonstrate that the Bush/McCain war on terror did NOT work, is NOT working, and will never work?!
  
  I am mystified, and frankly disturbed, at your continued wrong-headed reasoning on this particular hypothetical.
  
  If, God-forbid, there would be a terrorist attack before the fall general elections, I and all rational Americans would blame the Bush/McCain Iraq policy!
  
  Joanne Gordon
  Princeton, NJ
  
  
  

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  Posted By: cadbury @ 06/20/2008 4:18:38 PM

  Whoops! Make that VoteBoth.com (not .org)

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  Posted By: cadbury @ 06/20/2008 4:02:58 PM

  Rationale for Obama/Cinton in 2008--from Ed Kilgore on VoteBoth.org:
  
  While there are plenty of qualified Democrats -- and even Republicans -- available to Obama, none is without handicaps, risks or shortcomings. Edwards and Strickland have taken themselves out of the running. Many feminists consider Jim Webb unacceptable, and many gays and lesbians feel the same way about Sam Nunn. Mark Warner's running for the Senate. Daschle's been a lobbyist. Biden's been a Washington fixture for 36 years, and supported the war resolution. Like Sebelius, Daschle, Nunn, Evan Bayh and Brian Schweitzer are from states no Democrat is likely to carry. Bayh or Dodd would immediately lose Democrats a Senate seat. Sherrod Brown's not a very unifying figure. And Al Gore excepted, none of those mentioned have been endorsed by 17 million-some-odd primary voters.
  
  I could go on, but you get the idea: There ain't no easy running mate. Those who are so quick to dismiss the unity ticket have an obligation to come up not just with a better idea, but a better idea that can command broad support in the party. It's obviously Barack Obama's choice, and his choice alone, but he should remember that this is one year when a united Democratic Party will have an overwhelming advantage in the general election. That's a change we can believe in.