The whole AAR Hillary Clinton Fans, Meadows, Al Geen, David Bender for weeks they gave Hillary some chance
Her chance is over since early February. Hillary is a disastrous candidate. It's just for her image and not for the party.
On black voters Hillary is behind with 60 % compared to Obama. Look the figures form Hillary in Alabma, Georgia, Missouri.
Obama as example has over 1 Mio votes in Pennsylvania compared to John Kerry with over 0.5 Mio 4 years ago.
Kerry won Penn against George W. Bush by around 0.3 Mio.

HEY!!!! All these discussions that just legitimize the notion that Hillary could win the popular vote simply ignore the HUGE FACT THAT THE POPULAR VOTE DOES NOT INCLUDE A POPULAR VOTE FROM THE CAUCUS STATES...which I might add, would only increase Obama's popular vote lead should those votes be included. So Hillary can count Florida and Michigan but the popular votes in 5 states shouldn't be counted? What kind of skewed argument is that?

Every time one of these talking heads or radio commentators discusses the POSSIBLIITY that Clinton could surpass Obama in the popular vote.it makes it seem more plausible. NOT!!!

Why should the primary voters of Florida and Michigan be disenfranchised for the failings of their state legislators? If the national party wants to punish those culpable for moving the primaries without national party approval, why should the voters in those states take the brunt of that punishment? I could see disenfranchising the superdelegates because it could at least be argued that they could have prevented those primaries from being moved up. However Florida had a Republican governor and the Democrats in the Florida state legislature were outnumbered 103 to 57.
My thinking is that Obama and Clinton unite in getting their big money backers to fund the revotes in Florida and Michigan. By holding those primaries, the Democratic party gets to look like it actually cares about voting rights. And that gives us the moral authority to raise voters' rights issues in the national election. Since Greg Palast and Mark Crispin Miller both think that a landslide is the only guarantee of Democratic victory there is a good chance that we will be demanding recounts in November. How can we expect to be taken seriously then if the Republicans can point to us disenfranchising our own voters now? Also at least as important is that holding revotes will help unite us by putting an end to the speculation of who really won the primaries.

This is one smart dude. And he is very handsome, in a ralph macchio in my cousin vinny kind of way.

She is bringing up the Hagee anti-gay bigotry.. since the only thing Hagee has changed his tune on is the anti-Catholic crap. Seeing her tonight makes me so happy to have her on the air speaking words I agree so strongly with.. AND speaking those words to the people who disagree. I feel like she is speaking for me, and I am so grateful for that.

I know, I know.. so many of us are unhappy about the new AAR format.. but, I am holding my breath hoping that Rachel will make it in both mediums at the same time. I don't know if this is the format to make it work.. but I hope something works. If it worked, having Rachel talking to so many in the country is not only good for Rachel and MSNBC..and gives publicity to AAR.. but it is good for the COUNTRY.

PS. David.. I WILL listen to tonight's show with you hosting, only it will have to wait till tomorrow when I download the podcast. When you host, I often find myself rewinding the MP3 to listen to your insight again. You are a very cool political guru!

Please podcast the first hour separate from the other if Maddow is on the crap tv. I hate it and have to fast forward. If you do that you will find out how many people actually enjoy the crap tv hour and maybe you could get rid of it.

Please get rid of tv on radio, very bad.

David's phone guest in the first hour jogged my memory a bit - was this Rick Tuttle (City Controller of LA for some years) also a 1960s "political prankster?" I may be thinking of someone else, and I don' t find any internet references but something is connecting in my memory.

(not that a good political prankster is a necessarily bad thing - just wondering about his history...)

on TRFTWH, less of the bumper music on the podcast would be nice! It is a very tiresome theme.

I don't get your radio program as it isn't carried by any local station. So you may have already commented on this. If Clinton is added to the Obama ticket, or even if some act of God adds Obama to a Clinton ticket, the anorexic majority in the Senate for the Democrats vaporizes. I've not heard anyone comment on this, and I'm a news junkie. If we lose the Senate majority, it doesn't matter whether it's Clinton or Obama in the Whitehouse since the Pubs in the Senate will cling to their new friend Phil A. Buster. What can either of them get done without that majority? Will these seats likely be filled by Democrats? I know I said I was a junkie, but apparently not junkie enough to have found this discussion elsewhere.

I enjoy watching MSNBC for their political views. I trust them to be fair and honest. They report on all sides of a story. When Rachel is on she is the rudest person on TV she is always smirking and rolling her eyes. She thinks she is running the show, always interrupting the other guest. Never a kind word for Hillary.

I know the whole worlds is in love with the New Emperor and his new suit. But he is not qualified to be President. He would have serve America best by backing Edwards and being his VP.Then after 8 years in the White House he would have been the best choice. Hillary has the experience and the baggage so it and win loss. But we know everything about her. The GOP have been giving the Clinton's a daily reaming ever since that "Hillbilly" won the White House. It takes more than just hope and enthusiasm to get the job done. I don't care how hopeful or enthusiastic my doctor is if he is not qualified he is not going to cut me open. But the one thing that upsets me most is when I hear an elected official say that they are supporting Obama just because their kids like him. I don't remember an 12 year being elected to office

Rachel,
I listen to you EVERY DAY, from when you were on in the mornings when Air America started, to the present presentness. You most assuedly rock. I'm the guy that
sent you the Whole World CD single "Two Fake Plastic Turkeys". Anyhow, I've never
posted before, but there's a first for everything, so...

GOOD NEWS! - SOME PERSPECTIVE

Here are all of the states that Barack Obama has won by double digit
percentage points from highest to lowest;

STATE--BARACK--HRC--NET-GAIN
VI---------90----8--------82
ID---------79---17--------62
HI---------76---24--------52
DC---------75---24--------51
AK---------75---25--------50
KS---------74---26--------48
WA---------68---31--------37
NE---------68---32--------36
CO---------67---32--------35
GA---------66---31--------35
DA---------67---33--------34
MN---------66---32--------34
IL---------65---33--------32
VA---------64---35--------29
SC---------55---27--------28
MD---------61---36--------25
MS---------61---37--------24
ND---------61---37--------24
WY---------61---38--------23
LA---------57---36--------21
VT---------59---39--------20
ME---------59---40--------19
UT---------57---39--------18
WI---------58---41--------17
AL---------56---42--------14
NC---------56---42--------14
TX-CAUCUS--56---43--------13
DE---------53---42--------11

By contrast, here are all of Hillary's double digit wins;

STATE--BARACK--HRC--NET-GAIN
AR---------26---70--------44
WV---------26---67--------41
OK---------31---55--------24
RI---------40---58--------18
NY---------40---57--------17
AS---------42---57--------15
MA---------41---56--------15
TN---------41---54--------13
PA---------45---55--------10

To Obama supporters: FEEL BETTER ABOUT WV NOW?

Don't let the media and HRC bamboozle you. I'm not certain if
Hillary seems more like the Black Knight in Monty Python and
the Holy Grail, or more like the title character in movie Weekend
At Bernies. Barack's actually winning this thing BIGTIME. Feel
free to spread that around, frame the debate, and steer a true
message.

I've made it my mission to keep track of this stuff (and a lot more too).
I have a detailed Excel spread-sheet of all the primary results, votes,
percentages, delegates, dates, etc. If you would like a copy, I would be
humbly HAPPY to send it to you. Write Greg at STARFIELD8@AOL.COM.
To better days!

Love & All Good Things,
Greg

NYT reporting this as of about 5 minutes ago.

I am a WV native having lived in this state my entire life. It is utterly ridiculous that the press is stating that such a huge landslide win in WV is indicative of how the nation will vote in the general election. I can tell you from experience, it is not so.

Moreover, I think that Hillary should be slapped on the wrist for organizing a major rally in Logan County, WV. I mean, come on, there was a major racially charged incident in Logan less than a year ago. (Does anyone remember the case involving the girl in Logan County who was abused and held captive last September in what was cited as a racially motivated incident?)

This rally coming off of her statement last week about "hard-working white Americans" . . . someone should have told her that Logan might not be a great choice to schedule a rally appearing on national television.

Just want to say love you on msnbc you bring a new fresh perspective to the stuffy "old guys" being a 34 yr old man it good to see our generation taking control . And you dont dress like a first grader like it says in your bio,oh yeah your smoking hot.