Matt Stoller and others kings of the blogosphere supported Obama largely, if not entirely, because of his 2002 speech on Iraq--a speech on which Obama provided ZERO leadership once he landed in the Senate.
Stoller and his brethren bludgeoned Hillary Clinton mercilessly for any recognition on her part that things might get complicated.
Can we at least have an acknowlegement that Obama conned his way into the hearts of a lot of liberals?
No, he has said the same thing over and over -- Being as careful getting out as careless getting in.
I heard him say it at a rally in February.
And "careful getting out careless getting in" comes up with 290,00 hits on Google" http://www.google.com/search?q=careful+g etting+out+careless+getting+in&ie=ut f-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mo zilla:en-US:official&client=firefox- a
