I'm totally with Ms. Leda on this one, James. If there's one thing that you could have done to improve your coverage, it would have been to mention in a more open fashion that you supported Obama before his victory. Perhaps every other sentence in your blog could have been used to state your preference? Or, if that was too much, perhaps you could have run "I support Obama" banners between every paragraph. You know, something subtle. Please keep this in mind for the next election cycle.

Carmen Leda

http://thenewrepublicans.net

He strongly defended her and pointed her qualifications!

Do you really think nobody watched the show last night (highest rated for Leno since last year) and don't you realize that most of the commenters here didn't watch or are pretending they didn't?

Maybe you won't believe this, but I'm writing this from THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, and I just subscribed to this site to say this. It's been and incredible eye-opener this American election, I watched from my little island in disbelieve the bias of the media throughout the whole process, ME, who like many other Latin American citizens have always perceived the Democrats and their followers as the benevolent, open-minded people, and the Republicans almost as the "evil, prejudiced ones".

I watched really thoughtfully for the first time this American election through the American broadcast, cable and printed news (it was specially important for us Latinos abroad), and slowly I realized WHAT I WAS SEEING (since the Clinton-Obama campaigns) and I was taken aback. I have accepted such things here, in our countries, but I didn't expect it from the American press (or has it always been like this?). I read entertainment sites because of the TV shows, but I saw how the campaign and the lack of objectivity most writers/TV journalists poured through. You were more careful, though, because I just only confirmed in the last few days your own predisposition, now that you're more open because “you won”.

So sad, really, it's so sad for me. I guess I'll have to accept it and continue watching comments like this insisting on perpetuating the cartoonist image you created for mass consumption and marginalization of Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton for the next four years (or more), even entertainment sites. And the on-going ignoring her or dismissing of her arguments against things said about her.

I hope this message lives for a few hours… should I be afraid? I guess I have to.

I hope this next years my believe that real, open race and gender discussion don't disappear under the PC press and ordinary American people discourse I'm perceiving, from so far away.

If I were a religious person, I would be praying really hard for women (me included). I'm so sad and disturbed.