The Barack wave is getting interesting. The "fear and loathing" it's generating on both sides of the aisle is getting palpable, isn't it? Seems that HRC is beginning her "lash-out" campaign immediately if not sooner, and the republicans who speak in dog-whistles? Well they never met an African-American yet that they wouldn't defame as soon as look at. So it's no surprise to see this lede in the ComPost...
Exploiting a deep well of voter revulsion over partisan gridlock in Washington, Sen. Barack Obama is promising to do something that has not been done in modern U.S. politics: unite a coalition of Democrats, Republicans and independents behind an agenda of sweeping change.
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"Words are not actions," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday night during a Democratic debate in New Hampshire, as she called for a "reality brake" on her rivals' rhetoric. "As beautifully presented and passionately felt as they are, they are not action."
"He believes he's a game-changer, but I don't believe the game has changed," said Rep. Tom Cole (Okla.), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, dismissing Obama's transformational pledges as naive. "It's captivating. It's intoxicating, but it's not going to last."
So there's the bi-partisan trashing of the message (nice, Hillary... you're such a tool), I guess that makes Obama the embodiment of The Empty Suit's promise of "Uniter, not Divider"... but I have a slightly different take, and I hope I'm wrong.
Obama is the new version of the DLC for the New Millenium... call him the Millenial DLC Candidate; and that worries me. It looks like he's riffed on Edwards populism and message, while burnishing his rhetoric with his incredible speaking ability.
So is it Obama, Oh-Eight or Obama Oh, Wait? Time to watch and see.
