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that it is something of the biggest irony yet that the very folks who were swooning over a pop star type of candidate are now freaked out because there's a new sensation replacing the one folks are done with--and she has designer glasses! That's cheating! I think some people were trying to tell the Obama groupies that this sort of stuff is not a good approach to politics. It's to be predicted that fickle public opinion, when appealed to at its most shallow ("We are the ones we've been waiting for.") can turn on a dime. The Democratic Party should try placing its bets on something more solid. Oh, and for another laugh, I now read that Obama's breaking a promse and turning his back on public funding, counting on his rock star appeal to bring in massive money, isn't working so well. The money isn't coming in in the amount expected, and McCain is free just to camaign, while The One has to dial for dollars. I prefer Democratic Party policies on lots of things, but I am having a good belly laugh, perhaps like the one said to have broken out in newsrooms when Palin was announced.
