If you have faith that four flags (plus one flag pin) can solve all of Barack Obama's patriotism problems . . . You probably also believe that one phone call can solve all of Obama's Clinton problems.
That the Clinton campaign's infighting would have ended with the Clinton campaign. That Obama's policy migration is set to end any time now. Surely you're convinced that one denunciation will be enough to end the storm kicked up by one retired general (who isn't backing down, and who, at the very least, shrank Obama's short list by one). You may even believe that the best way to tag someone a Swift-boater is with a member of the original cast (takes one to know one, perhaps, but why muddle the message?). And that Obama's latest message - on faith as policy - will break through with Clark-like clarity. An Obama zag - one that zings: "Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans that would expand President Bush's program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and - in a move sure to cause controversy - support their ability to hire and fire based on faith," the AP's Jennifer Loven reports. With Obama set to talk about faith in Ohio, more to set that agenda: "Between now and November, the Obama forces are planning as many as 1,000 house parties and dozens of Christian rock concerts, gatherings of religious leaders, campus visits and telephone conference calls to bring together voters of all ages motivated by their faith