To steal from the headline over at the main page, have reports of Hillary Clinton's demise been greatly underexaggerated? Or, to put it more directly: is the media accurately reporting Senator Clinton's relatively small chance of becoming the Democratic nominee?

There is understandably continued frustration about some of the technical problems we're having w/ the community tools. I've been holding off on reporting back to you all because we've spent much of the last few weeks trying to get a handle on how and how quickly we can fix things. Believe me when I tell you we share your frustrations and then some. It is obviously not in our interest to have a site that's frustrating you, and we're doing everything possible to fix it. It hasn't been as quick as we'd like, but we're doing absolutely everything we can.

Let me give you a quick update on the details.

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A quick rundown.

Jo-Ann Mort took the chance to look back at New York's difficult political struggles with race and ethnicity.

Similarly, Jim Sleeper told the story of a black leader of New York's past similar to Reverend Wrightand says that Obama has put some pundits on the spot.

Nathan Newman offered a brilliant dissection of the way Obama argues that racial division marks class privilege and protects the power of plutocrats.

Todd Gitlin worries that the country may not be ready for the profound challenge Obama offers.

And Ed Kilgore takes a deeper look at what Obama's speech, ostensibly about race, argues about religion.

What did you think? Use this thread to link to your post or offer your thoughts.

Update: Workerbee reminds me below that I missed MJ's reaction. MJ thought it was Obama's best yet, and that Obama transcended even himself.

To mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, we're hosting a discussion on the media's coverage of the war since its initial failings.  The discussion will be led by Greg Mitchell and focused on his new book So Wrong For So Long. Mitchell is the editor of Editor & Publisher magazine.

Joining him will be military historian Robert Bateman, McClatchy military columnist Joe Galloway, Executive Director and Founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Paul Rieckhoff, Washington Independent reporter and TPM alum Spencer Ackerman, and media critic and NYU professor Jay Rosen.

Mitchell's first post will be up later today.