I like this website. The vast majority of posts and comments are fine; many are insightful. And Markos's editorial guidance seems sound. I perk up when I see his polling analyses or his pundit roundups or other fine musings about politics. But tonight on Keith Olbermann, after hearing Markos's comments on Obama and FISA, I realized that Democrats can lose this thing once again -- to someone who I believe would be far worse than Bush -- because we cannot get off our "Naderesque" high horses and win.
Day after day, week after week, month after month, one diarist to the next, this site has been the location for unrivaled support for Obama. Nary a criticism ... ever. He's perfect, doing the 50-state thing, beating Clinton, surviving Rev. Wright and bittergate, winning primary after primary, etc. He had the courage to call the Republicans "weak" on terrorism. He's given up public financing because, even though it's risky, not doing so would be more of a risk. One would think that Kos -- and the diarists who might follow his lead -- could be a little more forgiving if the man has to think about realpolitik once in a while. He is, by the way, a black man named Barack Obama trying to win what is, perhaps, the most important election of our lives.
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