The last couple of weeks my excitement about Obama’s candidacy has cooled considerably. BOB HERBERT (NY Times) has articulated well what is bothering people like me. I wonder whether the fund-raising machine will work without a message that is one of change rather than putting together a convenience coalition. Obama has stumbled before and come back. From the beginning the question of Obama’s candidacy was whether he would be a transformative president or not get anything done. The good news is that it is almost impossible to be worse than G. W.

Lurching With Abandon

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His brilliant, nationally televised victory speech in Des Moines sent a shiver of hope through much of the electorate.