Barack Obama’s secret weapon could backfire

It’s now clear that Barack Obama has a secret weapon in his war for the Democratic nomination for president. He intends to remain calmly and cooly above the fray of his opponent’s daily attacks on his past, his resume, his readiness, and his plans. But he uses surrogates — some are third parties completely unrelated to his official campaign — to amp up the vitriol, hatred, viciousness, ferocity, lies, and distortion against his Democratic rival. Of course, I’m thinking about the now unreadable though ever popular blog of Andrew Sullivan , a self-styled Obamaniac who has shamefully allowed his blog to morph from The Daily Dush to ObamaCentral to Hillary Haters R Us. I don’t know what Obama is to do with supporters like these who personify “polarizing” even while decrying the polarizing politics of the past. They are seemingly beyond rational persuasion or repentance. I only hope that their influence on real voters is very small and the...