I love the stink of fear coming from the right. If “lack of specifics” and vagueness are political liabilities, then Obama is fortunate that his opponent will be the very senior senator from AZ, who is not exactly known for being a policy wonk. As for bed-wetting about the alleged lack of “new ideas” – again, compared to McCain, Obama is the New Idea Express. And since the “old ideas” so hated by the hard right are supported by a majority (and in some cases a supermajority) of this country’s population (on health care, worker’s rights, social safety net, the environment, etc) according to the multi-decade Pew study released last year, there is no NEED to generate “new ideas” – just proudly and eloquently defend the “old ones.” Obama is doing just that, and people who never thought that politics could mean anything to them are showing up and voting for the guy. It’s shaping up to be a blowout – so we’ll see lots more flaccid and pathetic posts from the right between now and November.
