You Heard it Here...

After a week of watching Sen. Barak Obama shuffle all over the political terrain and virtually baste himself in juices of bipartisan-feel good -bullshit, many observers said that he was running to the center. (Sen. Obama has not said anything in the last month that any politician could not have said.)

Not so, I think. The reality is much worse.

I think Sen.Obama has become increasingly aware of the tumult within the McCain campaign as evidenced by the Arizona Sentaor's failure to shuffle his campaign anywhere. In response, Sen. Obama may be making the worst mistake he could make: he may be running not to lose. He may believe that Sen. McCain will beat himself and that he need only avoid mistakes to emerge victorious.

Sen. Obama may be right. Even die hard republicans are concerned that the Straight Talk Express needs a GPS. However, if Sen. Obama continues to dally around with small bore policies, mushy faced nonsense (a technical term)and traditional American pieties, he will lose an opportunity to not only politically capitalize on the Republican implosion, but actually lead some positive change in America. Fortune favors the bold.