I went to an Alinsky speech — if that’s the right word — in 1968. He was an entertaining and a likable fellow. But then I like a lot leftist, though I don’t much agree with them. I had a friend who was a Stalinist (even after the Berlin Wall fell) and I always kind of wondered where I was on the execution list.

Are people still feinting at Obama rallies? In the cool of February people are flopping over like penguins trying to sled on the ice, but now in the heat of July they got poles stuck up their butts (that’s a metaphor, by the way).

Everyone says the Celeb ad of McCain was aimed at Obama. I think it was aimed at the phenomena — to tie together Sen. Obama and his supporters. It said, “these people define themselves as Obama fanatics — and they are, alas, rather superficial. They fall for a one word slogan: Change. They faint in cool weather just because their middle aged heart throb is near. Are you one of them?”

So just as some define themselves as Obama supporters, every one else can define themselves as not being an Obama supporter. They can still vote for him, of course, but getting them to do that becomes harder.

Another problem is not so much the Obama Campaign’s doing as the political left’s mischief. By their lights, the only legitimate reason for you not voting for Sen. Obama is your racism. Every other reason — including that he pretty much won his Senate Seat and then moved to Iowa — is dismissed. So it is possible the “Wilder effect” is in effect — where voters tell pollsters what they think the pollsters (and media) want to hear. That means the Obama Campaign cannot trust the information they are getting. Bad for that whole OODA Loop thing. Could make you OODA Loopy.

Plus, the left does not want him to win. In ’92 they put a sock in it for Clinton. Sen. Obama might serve them better as a electoral martyr — a victim of dirty Republican tactics. They will never give the oppressed and even break!