Reply #38: No I don't remember anything getting this ugly with Kerry

[DFLforever]

until after the election when many turned on him, some viciously.

With Obama, people have quickly crossed the line.


Some are trolls, moles, GOPers, people still unhappy about the primary, and some who simply don't want him to win.

But there are more who have little experience in electoral politics and what it requires to win an election among people who think differently from you and who carry assorted prejudice.

Obama is determined to win, even ruthless in his determination, and we're not used to that. He's shaken things up in terms of finance, strategy, issues, organization. He's trying to build new coalitions of voters. Everyone's off guard, both the Left and the Right. And we're spending as much time as the Right trying to define or pigeonhole him with similar lack of success.