A question of bitterness

Stanley Kurtz, NRO explains it all to us, (emulating that seer, the Great O in San Francisco):

Why are Republicans having such a tough time winning over voters in big cities and college towns? Fundamentally, it’s a question of bitterness. You go into some of these university towns in Massachusetts, and like a lot of college towns in New England, the culture’s been gone now for 25 years, and nothing’s replaced it...

And when Obama finished all his liberal "schooling" he came to Chicago and joined the Rev. Wright's church. A question of bitterness.

The Politico with why Hillary stays in the race. Sober appraisals of Obama "inhibited" among the Dems. Hillary invokes the spectre of the ruthless right wing attack machine unleashed on an unvetted Obama: (Is it a Hillary conspiracy?)

The second is based on fear about the campaign ahead.

Stories about Obama’s Chicago associations with 1960s radicals Bernardine Dohrn and William Ayers landed with barely a ripple. So, too, did questions about whether he once backed a total ban on handguns (he says no but in a 1996 state legislative race his campaign filled out a questionnaire saying yes). Obama’s graceful handling of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy may have turned that into a net positive against Clinton.

But all this was in a Democratic contest.

Uh, yeah guys. (Am I a "right wing freak show?") "Graceful handling"? Uh, guns, a sore subject. Obama might have to give up on the Appalachian vote.

And sadly, David Freddoso feels especially bitter.

UPDATE: Barack attacks Hillary's cred on gun rights. Hillary knocks back a shot of whiskey in Indiana. Hey, aren't you both anti-trade? Shameless. And it's all our fault:

"For months, Barack Obama and his campaign have relentlessly attacked Hillary Clinton's character and integrity by using Republican talking points from the 1990s," said spokesman Phil Singer.

P.S. Thanks for the link, Tom, like your header.

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