Get Obama

Lots of talk about a primary challenge of Obama for the 2012 nomination.  I guess I kinda see what it's about - trying to get Obama's attention; trying to move him to the left a little; trying to get him to act like the guy everybody thought he was promising he'd be way back in 2008.  But it's a little weird.  In one way, a primary challenge is exactly what the Repubs would do, so it brings up the question: Why do the Dems keep insisting on acting just like the Repubs?  But the other side of it is that the supporters of a challenge are saying their point is to get Obama to stop acting like a Republican.

So it's all pretty convoluted and Judo-ey.

I've read some posts and comments saying it might be a good thing just to send the message to Obama that Bush Lite sucks as bad as Bush Regular did, and he needs to get on with making the changes we think he promised.  I'm thinking the last time they tried this, Carter got run over by Reagan and we all fell for a bunch of horse shit happy talk.

There's even a certain thread running thru some of the blogs that says we should let the Repubs get their way, and when the whole system collapses just like the lefties say it will, well that's OK - that'll show 'em.  It's tempting to go along with that, but I'm just not feeling up to the whole Armageddon thing right now.  And isn't the notion of some huge final struggle of good vs evil pretty much a Republican thing?  If you wanna beat these guys, ya gotta stop letting them set the parameters for the fight.