Obama

This story illustrates another reason why I have no enthusiasm for Obama:

In an argument about his electability, Obama compared himself favorably with Sen. Hillary Clinton who is viewed negatively by nearly half the country. Obama is viewed far more favorably by independents and Republicans.

Then he said, per ABC News' Sunlen Miller, "I don't want to go into the next election starting off with half the country already not wanting to vote for Democrats. We've done that in 2004 and 2000. 47 percent of the country on one side, 47 percent of the country on the other . . . We don't need another one of those elections."

This whole idea of Democrats being "divisive" is one of those wft? memes that oozes regularly out of the right. I mean, give me a break. Any Democratic candidate who's going to campaign in the primary on Republican talking points is not going to inspire great confidence in me regarding his ability to effect change. It's like having Harry Reid in the White House.

Thanks to Digby.