[PBzeer]

Sorry Sway, gotta disagree with you about Obama not knowing what he thinks or where he stands. For whilst his grasp of the issues and realities may be, shall we say, somewhat ill-informed, he is steadfast and true to the only salient fact he cares about, namely, an Obama presidency.

Much like the Clintons, his one and only interest lies in ascending to the highest ranks of power, merely for the sake of occupancy. To think otherwise, flies in the face of his wholly unremarkable record of public service. Had he an interest in actually doing something for the country, his record would display his efforts, rather than the almost uninterrupted string of voting present. His public service, to date, has been little more than an ongoing effort to position himself for climbing the ladder of political power. Not one of activism in the pursuit of the goals he now claims to have.

All in all, one could easily state, he is the perfect candidate for our times. Smooth and glib with prepared remarks that go to great length, without actually saying anything, and an almost mystical sense of his own spiritual ascendancy. He provokes, not an intellectual response, but one of emotional, unthinking adherence to long discredited ideas of the Left. The penultimate candidate of style over substance.