Obama Kumbaya-d

David Ignatius of the Washington Post finally discovers the Rezko-Obama connection has legs. The Chicago Tribune's Steve Chapman says concerns about Ayers are valid. David Axelrod swaggers to Newsweek:

The Obama campaign is planning to expand its research and rapid-response team in order to repel attacks it anticipates over his ties to 1960s radical Bill Ayers, indicted developer Antoin Rezko and other figures from his past. David Axelrod, Obama's chief strategist, tells NEWSWEEK that the Illinois senator won't let himself be "Swift Boated" like John Kerry in 2004. "He's not going to sit there and sing 'Kumbaya' as the missiles are raining in," Axelrod said. "I don't think people should mistake civility for a willingness to deal with the challenges to come."

But David--the Swift Boat charges were true. I wouldn't lay any bets...

...someone's singin' Lord... (But I like singing Kumbaya)

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