And now, idiots:

Byers called Castro a “great guy.”

Maybe he could move to Cuba, and wrestle for Fidel instead. Of course, there’s no reason to expect a wrestler to be a deep thinker.

[Update a few minutes later]

Speaking of idiots, here we have Republicans for Obama:

This morning, former Iowa Republican Congressman Jim Leach, former Rhode Island Republican Senator Lincoln Chaffee, and prominent lawyer and former White House intelligence advisor Rita E. Hauser will host a conference call to endorse Senator Barack Obama and announce the formation of Republicans for Obama. Across the country Democrats, independents, and Republicans are coming together in support of Senator Obama to bring change to Washington. Obama has a strong record of bringing people together from the left and the right to solve problems, leading with superior judgment on foreign policy issues, and demonstrating fiscal responsibility.

What “strong record” is that? What “superior judgment” is that?

Lincoln Chafee hasn’t been a Republican in years, but he’s always been a moron. If this is the best that Obama can do in terms of “Republican” endorsements, it’s pretty pathetic.

This must be that new politics we’ve heard so much about.

James Lileks awaits the war protesters. In vain.

The anarchists aren’t up on it. Nothing from the central Green party. But it’s possible they’re just getting their blast emails out, alerting everyone to the upcoming World Can’t Wait / Protest Imperialistic Imperialism Protest, complete with giant mocking paper-mache puppets of Putin with black oil dripping from his fangs. Who here can do a Putin? C’mon people, I need a big Putin. This international cabal isn’t going to collapse on its own! It needs the sort of humiliating defeat only a large, three-dimensional effigy borne on the streets of a Western city in full view of bored policemen can bring.Yes, any day now: the streets will be filled with protestors.

Mao is denounced as well.

Glenn explains:

No doubt they all go around exchanging Obama Salutes and clicking their heels…

But don’t call them a cult!

I guess that it really is all about the “O.” Sabine Ehrenfeld is still a lot hotter, though. At this point, given the other choices on the menu, I’m ready to sign up for a Sabine/Paris ticket. Too bad she was born in Germany.

I suspect that Senator Obama’s fans may prove to be his worst enemies.

[Update a while later]

Ace has more.

I wonder how many of the people who are giving Congress single-digit approval ratings know which party is in charge?

I think that it’s foolish for John McCain to be running against George Bush. He shouldn’t be asking whether or not you’re better off than eight or four years ago. That’s Obama’s line.

He needs to ask whether or not you’re better off than you were two years ago, when the Dems started mismanaging Congress. Point out not how much gas prices have gone up in eight years, but in how much they’ve gone up in two years (probably the biggest percentage jump in history). Never use the word “Congress” without prepending it with “Democratic.”

Amid the fact that Obama’s having a bad week, and not jumping ahead in the polls as conventional “wisdom” dictated, it’s useful to note that he’s not only not president yet (despite his play acting at it with the seal and the overseas visits), but that he’s not even the Democrat nominee. I will continue to remind people that regardless of what Hillary! says about supporting him, actions shout where words whisper.

She did not withdraw from the race, and she did not release her delegates. Obama does not have enough “pledged” (i.e., derived from primary victories) delegates to get the nomination–he needs the votes of superdelegates who had previously committed to him in June, but they are still free to vote however they wish in Denver.

If he continues to make gaffes, and look weak, and lose support of the yout’ who were supposed to be his big ace in the hole, and Obama fatigue sets in, there may be a lot of buyers’ remorse among the once-enthusiastic Democrats. The stage is once again set for a very exciting convention in Denver, in which die-hard Hillary! supporters, despite her demurrals, will put her name in nomination and demand a roll-call vote. And those superdelegates will once again, and finally, be faced with a very ugly choice–go with a demonstrably weak candidate, and mollify the black constituency, or go with the winner of the latter part of the primary, and risk tearing the party apart (not to mention putting up a candidate with continuing high negatives), perhaps complete with mile-high riots. And the worse he seems to be doing, the harder the choice will be.