Obama is sounding more and more like he's stuck in the middle of the Democratic Party, not that he's independent, or imaginitive, or capable of explaining anything the tiniest bit subtle.  Is he a manifestation what seems to be a tragic flaw in the Democratic Party?  Can no one escape drowning in the gook of fear to clearly distinguish oneself from the Republicans?  Why does he have to make the single biggest foot-in-his-mouth recommendation about Georgia -- that it be admitted to NATO?  He'll be better than McCain, but he's already tangled up in the Nancy Pelosi-Harry Reid  trap of failing to call a spade a spade.