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If Mr. Obama secures the nomination, the honeymoon will be over as he faces an opponent whom much of the press loves as much as it hates Mrs. Clinton. If Mrs. Clinton can do nothing right, Mr. McCain can do nothing wrong \u2014 even when he panders outrageously, he\u2019s forgiven because he looks uncomfortable doing it. Honest.<\/p>\n

Bob Somerby of the media-criticism site dailyhowler.com<\/a> predicts that Mr. Obama will be \u201cDukakised\u201d: \u201ctreated as an alien, unsettling presence.\u201d That sounds all too plausible.<\/p>\n

If Mr. Obama does make it to the White House, will he actually deliver the transformational politics he promises? Like the faith that he can win an overwhelming electoral victory, the faith that he can overcome bitter conservative opposition to progressive legislation rests on very little evidence \u2014 one productive year in the Illinois State Senate, after the Democrats swept the state, and not much else. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the entire New York Times Op-Ed piece<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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