True. If he wasn't such a danger to the country it would be fun to watch Peggy Noonan wake up from her schoolgirl crush on him. Many of the "smart" people thought he was just going to be a left-center president, and that the radicalism of his past associations (those that we've found out about) could be safely ignored. They assumed the Ayers and Wright connections were just the usual election blather from the VRWC.
OTOH, whenever I criticize 0bama, I have to remember that we had McCain running against him. Heck, at least Zero could run a campaign. If McCain had been elected, we would be looking at two things right now. First, the same Marxist agenda would be getting pushed through congress, but the Republicans would have to run against a sitting President of their own party to prevent it from being enacted. McCain could barely manage being civil to conservatives when he needed their votes. What would he be like when he didn't need them?
Second, the Republicans would own this mess. Congress has been Rat since 06 (thanks, Denny Hastert!) but Bush owned the entire economy. Now, the Marxist squad is reduced to squealing "But think about how bad it was when Snowball was here! You don't want Snowball back, do you?" (check Animal Farm for reference, if necessary.)
You make several good points. I've mentioned here recently the debate some of us had about a year ago: what would do the more long term damage: McCain with a Dem. Congress (reaching across the aisle) or Obama with a Dem. Congress?
We are in the weeks and months now that will largely answer that question. I thought McCain would do more damage, and if Obama's major initiatives can be stopped, and the Republicans regain many seats in 2010, I think that will be correct. But it's still a close call.