Thank you.

And he fucking pwned her.

I love and respect Keith's passion and, for lack of a better word, righteousness.

I think Olbermann can be a little OTT sometimes with his Murrow schtick, but I second every bit of this. Clinton has brought her campaign and the entire party to a precipice, and it's about time that people sympathetic to her start to call out her bullshit. Now if the DNC would speak up, that would really be helpful.

Yeah, but Obama's the antichrist, you know.

@3,

Agreed. He needs to come up with his own tag line.

For all his histrionics, he's pretty much spot on, especially in regard to people perceiving these negative patterns "falsely or truly." Those perceptions are out there. I thought his comments were fair and were some good advice for the Clinton campaign.

Is he the Bill O'Reilly of the left or is he the Stephen Colbert of the left?

The self-righteous engaging in the behavior they are simultaneously condemning just doesn't do it for me.

Umvue @ 7, what the hell are you talking about? In what way is Olbermann engaging in the behaviour that he's condemning?

it is refreshing to hear on tv what everyone has been discussing elsewhere. i like olbermann because he'll cite the facts before making a claim. he was spot-on with this one.

Speaking of precipices, anyone else wonder why they are talking about FLand MI getting their delegates seated? I thought they broke the rules and had to suffer some punishment for it. If they were going to seat them sometime along the way why did they punish them in the first place. Was it to punish the electorate later? Of course we all know this is just Clinton throwing a rant and the DNC obliging. I don't know if I can get behind the democrats any longer, they are making it extemely difficult.

A tempest in a teapot. Let's move along.

And while I generally agree with K.O., I just wish he could rachet down the dramatic delivery by about half.

Also, does anyone else find it annoying the way he looks down and not at the camera at the end of each segment.

Finally, I agree with @3 and @5. Get your own tagline, Keith.

The histrionics probably have non-Democrats everywhere rolling on the floor laughing, but I think he was trying to protect himself against accusations that he's another misogynistic MSNBC jerk. He tried to make it a desperate intervention instead of a harsh criticism. Looks like it worked; Wolfson says he's still an Olbermann "fan".

9 minutes? Really? *yawn*

@11 Yes, yes, yes, and yes.

Geraldine's comments bring this little tempest in a teapot to mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgmCBKPHnSY

Wow. "reject and denounce" really is the new black.

I'm starting to think that the only reason the DNC hasn't put a stop to this is that they don't want to look like our (er, Washington State's) local Republicans.

Here's hoping they put a stop to it the day after Puerto Rico votes.

God! dam!! it!!! I missed again....
Say hi to Keith and tell him to do his WORST!!!!!!!

Look into his eyes. I see pain. Sincere pain.

God help us if this kerfuffle is a taste of August in Denver.

Amen to all that. I supported Hillary four months ago, but I am glad her campaign has shown its true colors. I dont think it can be saved. Almost daily for the last week they have shown bad faith in some manner or other. She CANNOT be the nominee. It is over.

Jersey -1. they didn't think the race would be this close. It is unusual to be this close. 2. Since it is close people n FL and MI that had nothing to do with the decision to, god forbid, move the date up behind Iowa, NH, and SC want to have a say in the nomination. 3. If the Dems don't make a provision for them the Reps. can use it against them in the general.

Obama should give the results in FL and caucus over the 30 delegates Edwards has and insist on a new vote in MI. All the candidates were on the ballot in FL and only Obama ran any ads there.

on the rag - him - not her

Ferraro means nothing to anyone

close race, everything is under a microscope

Obama folk seem to be going to pieces as the contest continues

just a hard political campaign - some of you sound like true believer fundies - I expect soon to hear God has abandoned Clinton

That`s funny, I`m hearing Joseph Welch - "Have you no shame, Senator? Have you at last no sense of decency?" And this is coming from a friend. Haven`t heard many vigorous defenses of the Clinton campaign on here this week, no wonder.

i liked keith's first couple of special comments, but they have taken a turn for the overly dramatic.

but if you take the borderline cheesy dramatization out of it and look at the substance of his argument, he hit all the right points.

one thing that "hils" has in common with bush is a disconcerting inability to admit error and apologize or change course. clinton didn't and WON'T apologize or admit true error with the iraq thing, and when it comes to the ferraro thing--just like with bush--if she's backed into a corner you can be doubly sure that a change in course or an admission of error or an apology is not forthcoming.

just like with bush, it boggles my mind that they keep driving the bus into the ditch as if to prove a point that they can do whatever the hell they want and don't take direction from anyone. messed up.

the only problem here is that the "bus" is the democratic primary, and until obama gets the nomination, she's not just putting her own reputation on the line, she's risking the entire party.

oh and i second the "pain" thing with keith. he really looked like he was going to tear up at the end.

He was right on. I was actually very impressed with everything he had to say. I think Keith is my new newsman crush. *blush*

This election really is about the future vs. the past. Clinton represents the past, and that becomes more clear as the campaign goes on. Obama represents the future, and it's a future that promises less partisan politics. We are facing a time in America when we can actually move the country forward towards finding pragmatic solutions to real issues, instead of finding partisan solutions to politically made up issues. It's going to be a struggle, because the rich white men and women at the top of the Democratic Party establishment are not going to let go easily. Ferraro is a great example of this.

I find it more than amusing, sad, and telling of that American are generally more concerned with performance v content. So many who posted here are more concerned with KO's delivery. Makes sense in this performance driven culture.

But, Meinert pulls me from despair with a good synopsis of what this election is truly about. Thank God, some of us are actually paying attention to the possibility at hand.

Thank you Keith for the Shakespeare!! I couldn't care less about your tagline.

Keith Olbermann's Special Commentary on 3/12/2008 was a self indulgent and insulting load of crap! He started off by trying to inoculate himself with a "some of my best friends are Clintons", pile of bull. Quickly this was followed by his reluctance and deep introspection about making any comment. How stupid do they think their viewers are? Keith's adoration of Barack Obama and disdain for Hillary Clinton seep through more each day, culminating in this vicious and unbalanced attack. Keith does not need to come out and endorse Obama, each episode of Countdown is an endorsement!

When MSNBC notes that Obama garnered 90% of Mississippi's Black vote, should we take this as a racist explanation as to why Barack won the primary Tuesday? Apparently, only the Clinton's are refused the right to recognize his support among the large African-American electorates of South Carolina and Mississippi.

To fail to recognize that Obama's ethnicity works both for, and against him is intellectually dishonest. Obama is able to cry racism at any criticism of his qualifications or his opponents'campaign tactics.

Being an African-American can work to your advantage in politics. Sen. Edward Brooke (R) of Massachusetts would never have been elected if he had not been Black. That is not a racist statement, it is simply a reality. The voters of liberal Massachusetts assumed that because he was Black, Brooke would be a liberal to moderate Republican, and lived to regret that assumption. Likewise, Obama has largely been given a free ride by the press, for fear of anyone being labeled a bigot.

I would like to point out to the powers that be that Keith's audience is likely equally divided among Hillary and Barack supporters, with the edge likely going to Clinton. This type of self-indulgent diatribe should be pointed at Bush and his cronies, for when he points it back upon Democrats, Olbermann risks shooting himself in the process. At least there is some comfort in knowing that most viewers tune out Keith's long-winded rampages.

I watched MSNBC's candidate profiles Tuesday night. The Obama profile was a puff piece that barley touched on Rezko, and glossed over his unimpressive record as a U.S. Senator and his inability to stick with anything for more that 2 or 3 years. (90% overall positive)

The piece on McCain made his out to be a saintly war hero, barely brushed by scandal. It ignored his life long womanizing and the reasons for his divorce. How did McCain get into aviator training, when he finished so low at the academy? How about his admission that he offered to provide military intel in exchange for receiving medical treatment, not to mention the propaganda films he made while in captivity? (99% overall positive)

Conversely, the profile on Hillary spent much of it's time on her husband's infidelities, and the various investigations during his term. It conveniently left out that after exhaustive investigation, Kenneth Star found NOTHING illegal or improper, about White Water, Hillary's futures trade, or any of the other scandals. It also made it seem like Hillary would have lost to Rudy, in 2000, had he not pulled out for personal reasons. Many thought his real personal reason was that a loss to Clinton would ruin his chances for a future run for President. (40% overall positive)

Why do they think that SNL has spoofed the press treatment of Hillary two weeks in a row? Don't they understand that there are plenty of MSNBC viewers that haven't the Anti-Hillary bias, and are sick of it!