Friday, September 12, 2008

Buyer's Remorse Among the Democrats

...The unease at the Denver convention, the feeling of buyer's remorse, was the Democrats' realization that the arc of Obama's celebrity had peaked -- and had now entered a period of its steepest decline. That Palin could so instantly steal the celebrity spotlight is a reflection of that decline.

It was inevitable. Obama had managed to stay aloft for four full years. But no one can levitate forever...


Read Charles Krauthammer's articulate column in the Washington Post in full right here.