"The DNC's 'Terry McAuliffe mind-set' ruined the campaigns of Gore, Kerry
and Senator Clinton and now the legions of McAuliffites who have surrounded
Barack Obama are doing their damndest to undermine the possibility of his
Presidency. They've turned this man we thought was a lion into a little lamb and
they're leading him to slaughter. There's a well sourced rumor of Machiavellian
proportions running around that what's going to happen is that his base support
will be so demoralized they won't have the vital conviction they'll need this
August to withstand a McAuliffite push to persuade disenchanted delegates on the
floor of the convention to make a resurgent Hillary Clinton the Party's
nominee!

"This morning's news in the Washington Post is that he's revised his
positions on abortion and troop withdrawal! His supporters are being sent to
hell in a handbasket and it has to be stopped!" [...]

"He says he would not allow those groups to discriminate in employment, as
Mr. Bush did, which is nice. But the Constitution exists to protect democracy,
no matter who is president and how good his intentions may be.

On top of these perplexing shifts in position, we find ourselves
disagreeing powerfully with Mr. Obama on two other issues: the death penalty and
gun control.

Mr. Obama endorsed the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the
District of Columbia's gun-control law. We knew he ascribed to the
anti-gun-control groups' misreading of the Constitution as implying an
individual right to bear arms. But it was distressing to see him declare that
the court provided a guide to "reasonable regulations enacted by local
communities to keep their streets safe."

What could be more reasonable than a city restricting handguns, or
requiring that firearms be stored in ways that do not present a mortal threat to
children?" [...]