WHAHAPP'N?

Identity Crisis: Democrats facing the prospect of steep losses in the midterms wonder where the inspirational Obama has gone (Eleanor Clift, September 24, 2010, Newsweek)

Democrats are going through some serious soul-searching. They won their majorities and the White House thanks to Bush and an unpopular war, but without Bush as a foil, maybe they would still be wandering in the political wilderness. There’s a loss of confidence. If Obama has lost his touch, so have they. Can they win elections and gain ground without Bush on the scene? Obama was a prodigy in ’08, mastering the Internet to connect with people and inspiring millions of new voters with his intellect and his personal narrative. But then he came to Washington and joined the government and became legislator in chief.

On the one hand, that's so historically amnesiac that it's priceless, on the other, Mr. Obama ran as precisely such a void that she can be forgiven not realizing that he was a Washingtonian legislator when he was running.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 25, 2010 6:21 PM