A lot of people seem to have the idea that the Democrats succeeded by being just as loony as Glenn Beck, but this is completely wrong. Sure, the Democrats have their loony contingent (I’ve only been posting about it for 8 years), but Barack Obama was the absolute antithesis of the loony left. During the campaign he was measured and calm, and relentlessly upbeat and positive in his message.

That’s why he won. Well, that and the fact that John McCain couldn’t campaign his way out of a paper bag.