See how nice Obama was to McCain yesterday? And see how "nice" McCain is being to Obama today? I really have to laugh - this is the game every time and Dems always fall for it.

His throwing the last Democrat President to the racist wolves makes me distrust him.  Add to that using a known homophobe to campaign for him and throwing his Grandmother -- a successful woman in her own right who he owes his education to (via the scholarships her bank gave to him) -- "a typical white person" under the bus, and there's no way I'd trust this man.

Every day in every way he appears to be taking the Left's vote for granted as he trends and tracks stronger and stronger toward the Republican Evangelical voters ... who won't in a million years vote for him in November.

I think Obama's Democratic mask has slipped so far that it's now swinging around his knees.  Perhaps the SDs will wake up and get Hillary back in the game come August?

Did Obama simply miss the 2004 election campaign, for example?

As some of the comments here and elsewhere suggest, apparently there are reasonably significant numbers of Democrats who still don't understand that General Clark's observations about McCain's lack of real command experience are true.

It is now beyond exasperating that Democrats can have their backgrounds exhumed and examined in minute detail, whereas the very public career of a man like John McCain gets a whitewash.

Everyone respects McCain for the horrible sacrifice he endured on our behalf as a POW -- a point General Clark makes repeatedly, referring to McCain unabashedly as a "hero". Heroism, however, does not necessarily translate into executive ability or skill. John McCain's naval career was effectively ended by the cruelty and length of his captivity. It likewise propelled him into politics, as the Navy made him a congressional relations officer. But McCain was never an admiral, never, indeed, a senior Naval or Joint Staff officer. From the perspective of his military career, he is less qualified, for example, than Joe Sestak, the freshman Congressman from Southeastern Pennsylvania (Joe could refer to himself as "Admiral", but never does).

The real debate should be about the relative merits of the two candidates' political careers. But Obama has now acquiesced in the conflating of McCain's military heroics with his less exemplary record as a politician.

This is truly the revenge of the PT-109 hagiography on Democrats. But only because Democrats are so frightened of Village Elder disapproval that they dare not tell the American people the truth.

In my view, we will never break free of this self-defeating cycle until we have the guts to nominate a candidate who has the audacity to take on the Village Elders directly, to challenge the American people to vote for accountable Government to replace the unaccountable permanent Washington Establishment.

On its merits, isn't it obviously both true and fair to say?

So why exactly is it a problem for McCain to say it?

First Obama goes to FL and plays the pre-emptive race card against McCain when McCain hasn't said anything racial about Obama at all.

Then Obama sends out his surrogate Gen Clark to attack McCain and claims he doesn't agree with Clark afterwards.

Right now, Obama is talking about faith.  Not really a contrast issue.  Right now, McCain is talking about how Obama can't be trusted due to taking back his promise about public financing.  A more effective contrast.

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If he straight up called Obama untrustworthy then he will regret it.  It serves absolutely no purpose.  Anyone who believes him was already voting for him.  

Thank Gawd George Bush has ruined the GOP brand because otherwise the Democratic Party would be capable of blowing even this election.

should sen. obama be the actual dem nominee, they most surely will have blown even this election. the willful blindness displayed, with regards to sen. obama, by yourself, jeralyn, the "obamanatics" and the entire suicidal DNC notwithstanding, sen. obama is imploding as we speak.

None can be trusted.  Pols are pols.  Why vote?

How shortsighted do you have to be to run as a Democrat when you've painted the the party as one led by race baiters and "monsters".

After reading comments like these, I've become convinced that there is an alternate universe, and some people have the ability to exist in it for brief periods of time. As far as voting, I vote because it's a privilege people have given their lives for, and, if you don't vote, you really have no right to complain about pols being untrustworthy and other such defeatist crap. Please, stop the whining.

Fact is, as BTD says above, George Bush has ruined the Republican brand. Don't know if you guys have noticed, but Obama continues to trend upward, despite the blogosphere's circular firing squad.

Obama gave a great speech on patriotism yesterday, any of you who still have an open mind might take a read, or a look. It's ok, even Bill likes him now!

Big Tent D, I now believe that it's possible that this whole kerfluffle with Clark was started deliberately by the Obama campaign. McCain is now venting about comments made by Jim Webb. It looks like the strategy might be to try to take him off message and get him to spew and make yet another gaffe. The man has a temper, and I'd love to see him have his "Dean" moment. The big question is, would the media even notice, or do "Dean" moments only happen to Democrats?