I dunno, JAG. You're giving people a lot credit here that might not be so well-deserved.

Enlightened caucus-ers might look the other way, but I think there are a lot of people that will see mud instead of the candidate when he has to compete for GOP-ers and right-lean indies.

In an era of reality TV, the rehash of his past will make for good election coverage drama. Dumbo knows it and will use it

I'm totally prepared to be wrong about it. But, I don't think Obama will have such a thick coat of teflon when people consider actually putting him in office. It won't be old news when people step into the booth.

That sucks, really. I will not vote for Obama (primary or general -- should he be nominated), but by the same turn, I don't want to see him lose the election over "scandal" either. That guarantees that we didn't move ahead in '08 and that we might not have the right person in office.....

If McCain is going to beat him (not sold on him, either), I hope it's because he's taken the correct position on issues central to our national well-being, not because Obama's biological father left his mother when he was 2....know what I mean....?