Rick Moran has a great post up today about Obamamania. Back when he was running against Alan Keyes, it seemed to me that Keyes was the absolute right man for the job; but I guess I did not take into account that Obama is one of a handful of hand-picked Soros-backed leftists (Hillary and Kerry are two more), and Illinois has drifted even further left than it already was back when I was young and the current Richard Daley’s father was running the Chicago political machine. Hillary has distanced herself from that reference, while Obama is clueless enough to embrace the fact that he’s been to Soros’ house for fun-filled fundraising. You can see the fawning media play him as another Superman or Captain America; and I have had discussions with leftists who are extremely impressed with his recent book. Obama, like Cindy Sheehan, has received an inordinate amount of adoring coverage by the media.

Obama is so extreme, I cannot believe that Americans do not recognize it. He was rated 100% by the Sierra Club for his environmental issues stand, “F”, by the National Rifle Association, and *5 rating by the American Conservative Union. He voted “yes” on stem cell research, Yes to pulling the troops out of Iraq, Yes for amnesty for Illegals, yes for the patriot act, no to confirm Samuel A. Alito, No to federal budget cut, Yes to ban cruel or degrading treatment for terrorists, No to confirm John G. Roberts for the Supreme Court, No confirm John Bolton. This is just the tip of the iceberg, but it is a good thing that his key votes in the Senate are on record.

Obama has claimed that his popularity is due to Americans looking for “something different”. His “something different” is actually something that we have seen in socialist countries; more higher education loans, policies to address global warming, universal health care, etc.

The last senator who successfully ran for president was John F. Kennedy in 1960, but Kennedy could be a republican in todays world. Except for one thing:

Obama who filed papers this week creating an exploratory committee to seek the 2008 Democratic nomination may also find himself fielding questions about his actions outside public office, from his acknowledgment of cocaine use in his youth to a more recent land purchase from a political supporter who is facing charges in an unrelated kickback scheme involving investment firms seeking state business.

If the media and his campaign people can distance the public’s memory from Obama’s association with Rezko, that will be a step in the right direction, because his illicit land deal, had it been a republican, would have had him tarred and feathered and walking down the same road as Jack Ryan.

Meanwhile, Rick points out what all hollywood watchers and starstruck Obamamaniacs need to stop and think about:

Obama is not an everyman. He is an “anyman” – he’s anything you want him to be. Until he defines himself, he risks having his political opponents do it for him. And that’s an opportunity that Team Hillary is salivating for.