You have failed to make any sense to me, and I don't mean to be snide.  What are you saying?

The idea that Hillary secretly wants a Republican to win in November is tinfoil stuff.  Now, I have no illusions that I will actually be able to persuade the sort of online Obama supporters who believe that Hillary intentionally makes Obama look blacker in her campaign ads, but I'm just saying.

While I understand the instinct to label every defeat for one's candidate as a defeat for truth, justice, and the American way, one of the reasons we have primaries is to find out what messages actually work.  And if, in fact, Obama's problem is that he wasn't able to deflect a rather mild attack on national security from Hillary Clinton, of all people, even before the friendly audience of a Democratic primary, then his message certainly would have stood no chance in a general election against the typical "vote for the Democrat and we'll all die" message from the GOP.

Personally, I do not believe "I have the experience to keep you safe" is an anti-progressive argument.  I think what you don't like about it is that it's an anti-Obama argument.

I have two problems with you commentary.

1) First Obama himself said in a debate that ``keeping America safe'' is no 1. job of the President. Is that not national security? And is that not right wing?

2) Obama throughout the campaign has said that he appeals to Republicans. This claim sounds hollow if just one ad will push Republicans over to Hillary. Wonder, how will be able to hold onto Republicans in November when there will be a slew of national security ads from McCain.

Finally, I think that NAFTA-gate is what compromised him yesterday. It basically hurt his ``new politics'' slogan at its very core.  

Especially when you consider that these purported moderate Republicans tend to be further to the right of even the DLC types. DLC types drive people on here to apoplexy, but its all well and good to seek the support of those even further to the right.

The idea on the blogosphere that Obama, if he wins the nomination, wouldn't have to move right was flawed to begin with.  While progressive politics have shown much advances in the past few years, the reality is, as of now, it's the middle that's going to decide this election.

Here's the intriguing thing about this primary season for me.  Clinton is the one that leads amongst registered Democrats, and she's also the one that's shown the best ability to win the middle.  It's an odd dynamic to say the least, considering that she's trailing right now.