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As predicted, they're ramping it up over at the New York Obama-Times.

Frank Obama-Rich:

2/10/08 - Hillary Clinton is "a synthetic product leeched of most human qualities," and her campaign -- despite being in "a draw in popular votes and delegates" and having won California, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Tennessee, etc., -- is an "imploding Potemkin village" held together only by the "fungible profits from Bill ClintonÕs murky post-presidency business deals."

That African-Americans overwhelmingly support Barack Obama is unnoteworthy, but Clinton's accurate observation that Hispanics are voting overwhelmingly for her is "a lie, and a bigoted lie at that" which "brand[s] Hispanics...as monolithic racists," and serves as a warning of the "racial friction the Clinton campaign will gin up" to preserve Hispanic support in Texas.

Mr. Rich's motive for drawing these helpful illuminations of Hillary Clinton and her campaign?

To stop "a Clinton combine so ruthless" and prevent "[a] race-tinged brawl at the convention" which would be "suicide for the party no matter which victor ends up holding the rancid spoils."

See, he just wants peace and harmony in the Democratic party. What a guy.

Reality-based readers will be gratified to read that this Rich article elicited the response it deserved.

But meanwhile, back at the office...

William Obama-Kristol:

2/11/08 - Obama will win Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Clinton is expected to win Ohio and Texas, giving her California, New York, Texas, Ohio, Florida, New Jersey, Tennessee...

(Hello? Anyone remember the "Who Can Beat John McCain?" question?)

...but maybe she won't, if we in the press can damage her enough before March 4th. If we don't, all the super delegates committed to her should switch to Obama. If they don't, Nancy Pelosi and Al Gore should step forward to stop her nomination, and "earn the gratitude of their party" and "enjoy contemplating a derivative effect of their good deed Ñ the fall of the house of Clinton."

And, no doubt, the gratitude of William Kristol, and the rest of the neocon wing-nuts at The Weekly Standard.

But wait -- there's more.

Roger Obama-Cohen:

2/11/08 - Older American Jews -- who, like Hispanic-Americans, have thrown the bulk of their support to Hillary Clinton -- should support Obama instead.

And finally, as always, bringing up the rear (and telling the truth)...

Paul Krugman:

2/11/08 - Um...kind of seems like the ones making all the hateful statements are the people supporting Obama. Has everyone at this paper gone nuts?