If this nonsense about "unimportant" and "second-class" states continues. Among other things I'm a former Democratic state party executive committee member here in Idaho, and I have to say that if Clinton is the nominee, a public endorsement "none of the above" looks more appealing every day unless this rhetoric ceases.

I do support Obama, but he wasn't my first choice. Richardson was, and I was very sad to see him go. I support Obama now because I consider him the best candidate still standing. I think he's a hell of a speaker, but I for one don't entirely buy into the whole "movement" thing.

The key difference here is Obama's campaign is not making a conscious effort to deride large sections of the country as "unimportant" or "second-class." Clinton's campaign is. I take very strong exception to that. Anyone who's even remotely concerned about bringing the country together should be upset as well.

If Clinton wants to prove to the country she's ready to lead, she should set an example by putting a stop to this right now, apologize, and dump Mark Penn, Terry McAuliffe and Joel Ferguson post haste. I think it would do her a lot of good.

At the very least, an apology to red state Democrats is in order.