http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Pennsylvania+primary/default.aspxTags: Pennsylvania primaryenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/04/24/what-s-the-opposite-of-civility.aspxThu, 24 Apr 2008 15:13:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:2641Dahlia Lithwick0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/2641.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2641Ann, a question triggered by your great post this morning : What is the opposite of hope and civility? Is it honesty and candor about the toughness of this race, as you suggest? Is it being “mean and irrational” as Gail Collins argues ? Or is it specificity...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/04/24/what-s-the-opposite-of-civility.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2641" width="1" height="1">Barack ObamaHillary Clinton'08 electionPennsylvania primaryhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/04/24/two-cheers-for-patience-and-resilience.aspxThu, 24 Apr 2008 13:07:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:2639Ann Hulbert0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/2639.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2639Here's my two-days-after two-cents. Obama may be feeling weary, but it seems to me he should be feeling he's been remarkably successful at changing the standards of conduct for campaigning, if not yet for governing. But won't it be ironic if the norm-shift...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/04/24/two-cheers-for-patience-and-resilience.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2639" width="1" height="1">Barack ObamaHillary Clinton'08 electionPennsylvania primary