Could it get any uglier?

An Obama adviser apologized on his blog over the weekend for commenting that Bill Clinton was hurting the Democratic Party and leaving "a stain on his legacy much worse, much deeper, than the one on Monica's blue dress."

Most primary voters are partisans. And the worst thing for a partisan is to think that a party candidate seems like he or she should be in the other party. This is exactly what's happening--first Geraldine Ferraro sounded like Rush Limbaugh, then Obama's camp sounds like Ken Starr.

What we are witnessing is the Democratic party hardening into two bitterly-divided camps. We are also witnessing an unambiguous McCain advantage from all this. When his folks unleash all the powers of hell upon the head of whoever's the nominee, they can just say, "As Sen. Obama/Clinton was saying about Sen. Clinton/Obama..."

A blogger for African Path blames Hillary for the Dems low showing against McCain.

Carville called Bill Richardson "Judas" for endorsing Obama, and Richardson responded by condemning "gutter politics."

The superdelegates are in a bind after the Obama speech, since they do not want to antagonize the black constituency.

Meanwhile, the luster of the party continues to take hits with the Spitzer and Kilpatrick scandals.