Iraq and More Importantly ..... Nora Ephron

According to news reports, the US and Iraqi governments brokered a deal with Shiite militias to end the fighting south of Baghdad. Reports over the weekend showed deepening US involvement in what was supposed to be a mission led by the Iraqi military. Shiite militants are calling the deal a victory, which does little to bolster confidence in the al Maliki government.

In other news, none less than Nora Ephron has urged Sen. Hillary Clinton to get out of the Presidential race. Well. Whattya gonna do? Once Nora Ephron weighs in, you gotta react. Forget your hopes and dreams. Forget your vision for the country. This is Nora Ephron for crying out loud. I wonder what Hulk Hogan thinks? What about Charlie Sheen?

Seriously, as much as I don't like to admit it, we Obama supporters have to face the fact that as enraptured as we are by our candidate, as many arguments as we have about the success of a Clinton run and presidency, there are a lot of people who support her. A lot. And they tend to be in big states that can swing elections. Shutting these people out, or making some deal that effectively disenfranchises them would do our cause little good. So maybe I agree with Former President Clinton on this. We just need to "chill out" and have ourselves a nomination fight. Trying to paper over differences at this juncture will just come back to bite Democrats in the ass later on, by creating a class of folks who feel like they were ignored by their party. The winner of this thing will have ample opportunity and ammunition to attack Sen. McCain, and that ultimately should be the prize we have our eye upon.