The One's New Clothes...

Did Barack "Spread the Wealth" Obama Just Blow the Election?

No. Really. You're kidding me. Barack Obama actually told that Joe the Plumber guy that he wants to "spread the wealth around." What, did Obama just get done reading the Wikipedia entry on Huey "Share the Wealth" Long or something? Was he somehow channeling that left-wing populist from the Depression? Talk about playing into the most extreme stereotype of your party, that it is infested with socialists.

I'd really like the think so, but I'm not holding my breath. I'm not as likely, as the writer, to think Sen. Obama to be "firmly within the mainstream of Democratic politics". But then again, seeing as how far the Democratic party has shifted to the left, I guess it's a matter of perspective. Me, I'm thankful for such moments of clarity brought on, I argue, by the overwhelming amount of slack Sen. Obama has been cut for so long.