YOU CAN'T BE A NATIONALIST AND A PATRIOT:

Mr. Obama Goes to Washington (Trey Ellis, May 2, 2008, Huffington Post)

[I]f you're an Obama supporter there is this from New York Times polling to be extremely worried about:

"Only 29 percent of registered voters said they considered him "very patriotic," compared with 40 percent who described Mrs. Clinton that way. Mr. McCain, a former prisoner of war, was considered "very patriotic" by 70 percent of the registered voters."

Yikes. Obama needs to take the opportunity of Tuesday night, win or lose, to deliver a major, soaring, apple-pie and Chevy speech on how passionately he loves this country.

From everything you read about him, Mr. Obama spent a lot of time fretting about his identity. He didn't choose American.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 3, 2008 8:55 AM