Two years ago shortly after Barack Obama declared that he was considering a run for president, after having served only 1 year in the United States Senate, The Phalanx declared Obama to be a new kind of politician, more pragmatic and far more palatable than the likes of Hillary Clinton or John Kerry. Though certainly not an endorsement, Obama's rhetoric certainly seemed to be the beginning of a new era in American politics.

Of all the prospective Democrats running for office, however, Obama seems far more palatable than Hillary Clinton, Al Gore and worst of all John Kerry. Obama, appears to have a more pragmatic style to governing, rather than the slash and burn political style of his Democratic contemporaries.
http://www.thephalanx.com/2006/10/obama-considers-presidential-run.html

Well...we take it back, we take back every last word.

Frankly, we were wrong, after 19 months it has become increasingly apparent that Obama is far less palatable than Hillary Clinton, we would much prefer Clinton, Gore or even the most extreme leftist one could envision. Far from being a new kind of Democratic as Clinton vowed to be (and for the most part was..., at least after losing Congress), Obama is the quintesential politician. For all we know he may be a Quintesson as well, he certainly is two faced.

After watching his campaign with his Democratic and Republican rivals we now see Obama for the phony he truly is. To be certain, John McCain is nothing special by any means, but most Americans know who McCain is, having been in the public eye for sometime. Obama's political inexperience, however, has been ignored by the pundits in a rush to anoint their token to prove the American left isn't the paternalistic plantation that it is. Every day we learn how inept a politician Obama actually is. I suppose you can put lipstick on a great many politicians with little to show for it.

For the derision leveled at George W. Bush for his horid speaking ability has anyone ever caught glimpse of the equally inept, pre-packaged Barack Obama without his prepared speeches?