During my more than 60 years of covering national politics, I have never seen a candidate's principles and character so effectively tarnished - after so extraordinarily inspiring a start - as Barack Obama's.
And who is responsible for this precipitous decline?
Obama's deflation has not been due to ruthless opposition research by John McCain's team but by the "change" candidate himself.
And how has he accomplished this self-immolation? By taking money from fat cats and changing his stands on issues important to his supporters. Golly, who knew? Obama is just another pol, and a relatively inexperienced one at that.
