Over at OpenLeft.com, we see Matt Stoller (icon of the liberal netroots) is depressed about Barack Obama. He’s depressed because Barack Obama’s lead is slipping. He’s depressed because Barack Obama has recently soldout on a whole host of issues to pander to the political center. And he’s depressed because he seems to be realizing (like many other formerly enthusiastic supporters) that Barack Obama is just another typical politician.

My favorite lines:

Don’t expect great things from Obama.  Don’t expect anything, really, except blame when he screws up.  It’s our fault, since we didn’t clap hard enough.

Still, there’s the Supreme Court, so I’ll probably end up giving and volunteering at some point later.  Not now, though, I don’t like being lectured by Ivy League wankers who tell me it’s my fault when Obama lies to me.  That’ll have to blow over.

Ah, I love the Looney Left. Apparently, they don’t seem to love Barack Obama as much as they used to.

H/T @PatrickRuffini

Or, “Flip-Flops Can Kill”

It appears that the editorial board members at the University of Florida are fed-up with Barack Obama’s flip-flips on every issue from the Iraq War to FISA. Despite endorsing him way back in January saying, “We feel Obama’s message in the Oval Office will inspire young people and resonate with all Americans,” they now seem to feel differently.

Since clinching his party’s nomination for president, however, Obama has started to clarify, qualify and triangulate to such a degree that we can hardly recognize him from the inspirational “change” candidate he represented a few short months ago.

Barack Obama has been an inspiring figure for many youth voters up until this point. However, his profound tendency to waver in the face of political hardship has taken the shine right off of the sparkling image he has as something other than a typical politician, and this is beginning erode his support among youth voters.

Perhaps Obama isn’t the great change agent we thought he was. Perhaps no one can change the system. Or maybe we expected too much from someone who is, after all, just another politician.

Maybe these folks should look to someone who has stood up to say what he believes even when it wasn’t the easiest thing to do; someone who loves his country so much that he will do whatever it takes to protect it even if that means losing an election. Someone like John McCain.

Well, by now we have all heard that Obama has broken his “pledge” (his word) to accept public financing for the general election if his Republican opponent does the same. John McCain has kept his end of the bargain, but Obama sees a more politically expedient approach and is going to opt out of the public financing system, becoming the first presidential candidate since Nixon to do so.

Of course, this starts raise issues about his trustworthiness. Obama has made a great many promises to his supporters throughout this campaign, some of which are on a much grander scale than committing to public financing. Already we see his supporters having to call him to task over his recent pandering to the political center on the FISA bill, which he now says he supports even after promising to never compromise his values on such legislation only months ago. MoveOn.org has been sending their millions of liberal members emails asking them to make sure Barack doesn’t continue to break promises.

But, I never really thought he would lose support over breaking his pledge to accept public finanicing. While it is certainly a window into his character, it’s sorta a inside-baseball kind of issue. Not many people in the public carry public financing as their #1 issue.

I stand corrected: