If not "Clinton-hate"; how would you explain that Obama has dominated her in a certain voting bloc: the college-educated crowd? Is this because they see through Hillary? Why is Hillary herself practically begging John Edwards not to endorse Obama? (he hasn't yet, but it won't last much longer).
Also, as of the writing of this post; Obama has now surpassed Hillary's superdelegate lead. Many of her most ardent supporters are openly defecting. It looks like the little Dutch boy has pulled his fingers from the dike and the flood is starting!
I originally did support the joint ticket between Obama/Clinton. That was before the last poll showing the percentage of Hillary's negatives. I don't think Obama would care to saddle himself with this load.
I think it will be most interesting to see how Hillary carries herself in these last few weeks. I'm actually surprised that she hasn't offered a million dollar reward to anybody who can bring out Jeremiah Wright!
As far as Florida and Michigan are concerned, those horses have left the barn. If they wanted Hillary so much, why couldn't they hold their primaries as scheduled? Why was it necessary to move them up?
But I agree that the delegates must be seated. But I think they are going to have to do a 50/50 or a 60/40 split in awarding them to Clinton or Obama. Either way, Obama will still come out ahead; and D-Day is fast approaching for Hillary.
Right now, her continued reluctance was referred to recently as a "scorched-earth policy". This is what is going to really open up the floodgates of superdelegates for Obama. She is wasting valuable Democratic time that could be used in campaigning against McCain.