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... in the primary season.
Within that discussion, I was glad to hear Digby raise the topic of the lost media critique.
These are matters that, as you know, are very near and dear over at Correntewire.
I will say that in the discussion that precedes that topic, the lack of reference to Obama's myriad capitulations to the Right and his fundamental frame (post-partisanship) that all but promises such capitulations, felt like a bit of an elephant in the room. Naturally, you can't touch on every topic, but the sturdiness of his candidacy or lack thereof strikes me as a foundational topic when discussing how fair or unfair GOP and media attacks on him are.
Also, you both touched on the "aspirational" and "transcendence" memes without noting that running such a campaign makes him vulnerable to GOP claims about a lack of substance... because a campaign based on such vaporous things, well, lacks substance.
When you run on "hope" for "change" via a vaguely-defined "movement," and you cave on countless important issues (despite broad public support for your party's natural position on them), the GOP doesn't have to "transform" that into a weakness of Obama's. They merely need to call attention to it (not that they don't crave those capitulations).
That said, I much appreciate the opportunity to be a fly on the wall for a discussion between two leading lights of the blogosphere.
