"One of the worst political meetings I have ever attended"

. . .that was the comment from one of the California superdelegates who met privately with Bill Clinton at last weekend's state convention there. Clinton went into a meltdown after a former Richardson delegate, who now supports Hillary, told Bill how "sorry" she was to have heard former Clinton campaign manager James Carville call Richardson a "Judas" for backing Obama.

The term being used is "as if someone pulled the pin from a hand grenade". . .

The former president became red-faced and angry, and stated "Five times to my face (Richardson) said that he would never do that". He continued on to bemoan the media's coverage of Hillary's campaign and even questioned the fairness of the votes in state caucuses, which have overwhelmingly gone to Obama. Clinton ended by asking delegates to imagine their reaction if Obama was trailing by just a few points and people were telling him to drop out.

When he finally wound down, Clinton was asked what message he wanted the delegates to take away from the meeting; it was a message of party unity.

"It was kind of strange later when he took the stage and told everyone to 'chill out,' " said one delegate. "We couldn't help but think he was also talking to himself."