What DickTater said

You probably know by now that former press secretary Scott McClellan has written a book with some strong criticisms of the administration. Today's TalkingPointsMemo has a piece on it highlighting the most interesting ones, and I think you might be interested in this long comment by someone who uses the name DickTater. A nice summary of the last 7 years.

Must-read Op Ed

Thanks to a link from Political Animal, here's Joe Biden's response to McCain's feeble attempt at a smackdown of Obama's foreign policy observations.

New McCain video

Here's a nice compilation of McCain clip/flops from Brave New Films for your viewing pleasure.

How we got to this point

It appears that Hillary Clinton will not be our nominee this year, to the consternation of those of our members who have supported her. TalkingPointsMemo linked today to this Time magazine article analyzing what went wrong in her campaign. I think it's a good analysis and offers some lessons we can all learn from. It appears that Obama is taking a sensitive stance at this point, telling his supporters not to call for her withdrawal while primaries still remain. That's important for giving Clinton an opportunity to let her voters speak and preventing Obama from losing primaries after having clinched the nomination. It also appears that both the candidates are preparing to bury the ax before the convention and present a united front and strong anti-McCain message to the public. I hope we as a club can emerge from this wrenching process united as well. On Iraq, on the economy, on supreme court nominations and so many other issues, it's important to remember why we are Democrats.