But this flare will be media borne: the issue is character. While I’ve been critical of Obama’s rhetoric and the way he “whited-up” with Wright, I still have deep hopes (as do many) that when the criticisms come, when the demagogic magic is over, he still does the right thing.

David

Myself, I worry that the man who said that Reagan was a transformative figure in American politics (and who was viewed as a relatively conservative to centrist editor of some law review, according to a Frontline special) will eventually disappoint a lot of people.

Re-elect Al Gore!

Dude, thank you for saying out loud what has been eating at me for months now, several things in fact: all this “post-racial” nonsense that obscures and misdirects Obama’s thorough assimilation into mainstream politics, the “bipartisan” agenda his cabinet picks reveal, backtracking on rolling back Bush era abuses of power and democratic checks and balances, the hero worship and *desperate* “hope” reaching nigh-messianic levels, and the intimate ties with coroprate merchandising and MSM coverage orgy. Now he’s been tagged with the “cute” monicker PEBO?!? WTF? I worry that, like The Who crooned, “New boss is the same as the old boss.”