The netroots got its wish for presumptive nominee - His Obamaness, the metrosexual world citizen with no old-fashioned signifiers like wealth creation or military service or executive achievement; faux academic, faux lawyer, real community activist..good jobs, publicly funded jobs for our good.

Well, suppose this paragon trails in the polls in a couple of weeks..behind in the polls in 2008, the year of the Democrat, the Year of the Rat. What then in Denver? Oh ho, here's what then. It won't be just the Clintons beaming 'we told you so.' Winning matters and a glance at comment threads on liberal sites shows doubt setting in. Kerry was well ahead at this point. Paris Hilton seems more Presidential. Journalists are losing their religion. He's in danger of becoming a figure of fun. The battle tested white-haired dude's campaign is drawing blood every day now. Losing matters, so the Democratic Convention may be one poisonous event. A resurrection for Hillary is a long shot, Allah be praised, but I may smile seeing my enemies driven before me and the lamentations of their women.