Obamaphilia

Much of the right-wing frothing about alegedly cultish obamaphiles ignores the obvious fact that positive attitudes about Obama are partially comparative. If we'd had a good president--or even a minimally honest or competent president--at the time of the campaign and the election, the reaction to Obama would not have been so pronounced. Had the Bush administration been less than an unmitigated disaster, the electorate would not have fallen for Obama so hard. I mean, he's a great candidate, and would be no matter what. But against the backdrop of the embarrassment that is Bush, he looks like nothing less than a hero.