And BTW (because these comments are monitored by a bunch of people who think that they offer the only political salvation for our impending doom) -

The 2008 election went to the Democrats because of the Republicans.

Not because of the left’s lunacy.

So the strategy “Let’s get loony like the left did” won’t work.

How can I say that? because the only things that harmed Obama in the runnup to election day were the stories associating him with lunacy on the left. People wanted a new administration that -

1) was not ideological
2) would confront the nation’s problems
3) would be competent at managing the nation’s affairs

McCain would have won had he not done the nutty “suspend my campaign” thing. Palin was seen as a bone to the right wing and post people went along. But when McCain did the suspend campaign move, the Dems completely exploited the opportunity to make Obama look calm, measured and in control. THAT made Obama suddenly seem like the moderate that he was pitching himself as and made McCain look prone to impulses.

And the voter polling shows the inflection point clearly - Obama didn’t have to break a sweat crossing the finish line.

Was that honest? Did they present their candidate for what he really is?

Those are irrelevant questions. What is relevant is that the Republicans seem hell bent on co opting the loony left’s tactics (now including giant puppets) and the strategy won’t work.

What people want in this country is a centrist government dealing with situations on a factual basis. How does nirtherism, nazi-name-calling and bozo rage venting going to produce that?

For the time being Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama have job security.