This would make more sense if I linked to something . . .

Here's what I've been noticing. Democrats at sites like "Washington Monthly" are criticizing Obama because he isn't attacking enough. He should be going after Hillary Clinton, going for the beat down, because his failure to do so means that he won't be able to make a convincing run during the general election.

For some reason, this reminds me of the war on terror: in order to win against the terrorists, we need to have the terrorists' disregard for human freedom and the perils of democracy. In order to defeat the terrorists, we have to become more like the terrorists.

Same thing for the election: to win against the Republicans, we have to become more like the Republicans. If we don't adopt their battering, macho, swift-boating rhetoric, we're going to lose. We'd feel better about Obama if he were just more like Giuliani.

I don't know. Gives me a bad feeling about the general election.