The World Is Watching

And coming up with some pretty harsh conclusions. Operation Chaos has flushed the Democrats from their shelter. TimesOnline America Editor Gerard Baker has an excellent piece on the Democratic primary race in which he nails the reason it's gone on so long; both Obama and Clinton: two cynical losers

The longer the Democratic race goes on, the more obvious it appears that each is deeply, perhaps ineradicably flawed.

Until about a month ago Barack Obama had done a brilliant job of presenting himself as a transcendent figure, the mixed-race candidate with bipartisan appeal who promised to heal the historic and modern rifts in American life.

But the mask has slipped. Under pressure in a Democratic primary, Mr Obama has sounded just like any other tax-raising, government-loving Democratic politician. Worse, he has revealed himself to be a member of that special subset of the party's liberal elite - a well-educated man with a serious superiority complex.

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Mr Obama's missteps with the working class of Pennsylvania have thus transformed Mrs Clinton from the bluestocking Wellesley graduate into the good old girl, hanging out there with the straw-chewing rednecks, embracing their values, their worldview and even their lifestyle.

Obliterate Iran! Here comes Osama bin Laden! I love duck hunting! I can do shots and beer at the same time! It's hard to know what's worse - expressing condescending views about the working class or pretending to be one of them. The Democratic campaign is simply disappearing in the enveloping vapidity of the candidates' making.

The Democrats insist on trotting out two liberals, which should make McGovern cringe, who offer nothing new, only repeating the tired, Marxism and class warfare rhetoric that has been a staple of liberalism since the 1960's.

You should read the whole brilliant linked article to see the depth of effectiveness of Operation Chaos. How will it end, party hacks, picking the Democrat candidate, selected not elected, how cool is that.