Don't Tell Mama

Dinner with Teddy Kennedy, one seated on his left, the other on his right. The Hillary!-Obama! rivalry. The unofficial campaign slogan of Obama supporters around the Senate, "Don't Tell Mama, I'm for Obama". In the Washington Post. via RCP.

Meanwhile, Democrat Gov. Bill Richardson is close to announcing a run, providing a credible alternative to the two "Celebrity Candidates". Interview with FoxNews, speech at Georgetown.

Kathleen Parker, RCP:

If Obama seems too good to be true, he can't be blamed. He has been fashioned by the people's wishes into something of a savior. Like the face of Jesus that appears in a slice of pizza, he's in part an invention of need, his immense popularity testament to the despair many feel from years of bitter partisanship and a war without end.

Parker describes Obama as an "implementarian", which may be true in the short time he's been in the Senate, defined in Senate terms, but has he ever really implemented anything while in public office? No. That's why Senators usually do not win the presidency. We'll have to see if the exception is 2008.

Related post here.

UPDATE: Rich Miller's Sun Times column on Obama. Also via his CapitolFax blog with comments and link to Eric Krol on Obama-Rezko. (My earlier posts on that: Business as Usual Obama, Obama, Dancing with Tony)