Wow, it's amazing how much thought Michelle Obama had to put into every detail of this appearance on The View.

Quoted: Obama had approached the appearance, to quote Barbara Walters' on-air reading of the morning's New York Times, "with an eye toward softening her reputation." To this end, she did not do her hair in the Jackie Kennedy flip that André Leon Talley—the Vogue editor who Page Six alleges to be her style guru—pegs as central to her "image strategy."

That Lieberman really gets my goat sometimes...

Quoted: Joe Lieberman is fast becoming the Democrats' public enemy No. 1. The four-term Connecticut senator has not only been campaigning for his pal, presumed Republican nominee John McCain, but now he's publicly criticizing the Democrats' standard-bearer, Barack Obama, aswell.

Ha, love the comparison to Finding Forrester. Brings up some good points, though...

Quoted: John McCain is old and, as news outlets have reported, he's only getting older. This wouldn't be a problem if his opponent were equally chronologically gifted. But Barack Obama is one of the youngest Democratic nominees ever. Standing side-by-side, the two candidates look like a still from Finding Forrester.

Amen! Meanwhile, that's a great bumper sticker: "A woman's place is in the House."

Quoted: As we keep our collective eye on November, the media's sexist attacks against Clinton should not be allowed to stand.

This article raises some good points about Webb - his Republican past and some of his sexist statements about women in the military could potentially counter much of what Obama stands for and isolate Hillary supporters.

Quoted: It's anybody's guess who Barack Obama wants to be his running mate, but the chattering class has fallen hard for Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. But here's why he would make an awful running mate.

I agree with this article - I find it tiresome how the European media harshly covers racism and immigration issues in the U.S. when it might serve them well to do a little more introspection (especially when it comes to immigration)...

Quoted: "Will Americans vote for a black man?" I think I've been asked this question by foreigners of various origins a dozen times since the U.S. presidential campaign began in January. But contrary to European newspaper reporting, racism is not unique to the United States.

This writer makes some good points that I agree with (for example, the notion that a lot of Hillary's "bitterness" comes from unduly harsh treatment of her). But I disagree with the idea that Hillary should've dwelled more on potentially being the first female president - she would've been slammed as manipulative and weak. Plus, it's very telling that there aren't any alternative models...

Quoted: In the coming days, as Hillary Clinton moves to the sidelines and Barack Obama takes the stage alone, many people will suggest that America just wasn't ready for a female president. This may be true. But we'll never entirely know, because her problem wasn't that she was a feminist. Her problem was that she wasn't feminist enough.

Just met with the editors of The Root today and they're terming this the "Obama Generation" for black Americans, which will come to mean a post-Civil Rights Movement era when people can talk about race openly. I hope so!

Quoted: It's an almost unimaginable moment, filled with disbelief wrapped in amazement wrapped in euphoria.

I really hope the gesture of party unity is more than symbolic...

Quoted: Now that Barack Obama has the nomination wrapped up, everyone will be looking for the symbolic moment when he takes Clinton's hand and they raise their arms together. This is the traditional sign of party unity.