Grand Collective Delusion

Obama's core constituencies were often self-deluded. For some of his black supporters, Obama would make every day a Utopian Juneteenth. They would never have an unaddressed need again. For his leftist peaceniks, he would flee the field of combat in Iraq and subsequently in Afghanistan as well. The Code Pinkers must be disappointed that Obama has dragged his feet on the path of capitulation, but don't be alarmed Fellow Travelers and Muslims, Obama is still determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory on both fronts, even if it is now "slowly, slowly". For Jews who thought Obama would be a great friend of Israel-particularly with Jews David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel as close advisers, oops, think again. And for conservatives who convinced themselves that Obama was a raging moderate and would govern as a centrist, you duped yourselves, didn't you?