Reid/Pelosi '08

Obama supporters have been saying the phrase "Bush/McCain" in what feels like every other sentence.  Not to much effect I think; most non-kos people don't seem to be buying it.  When one thinks of the architects of the last 8 years, McCain does not land on the short-list.

I do think Obama is vulnerable to being tied to Reid and Pelosi however.  The popularity of Congress is at an unbelievably low level.  The Democratic takeover of '06 brought absolutely no change or reform.  If Obama is a weak leader (and he certainly looks like one), Reid and Pelosi will be the ones running the government for the next 4 years.  That has to terrify a good number of people.

It certainly scares me.  I have visions of a poster with Obama in the middle looking noble, but small, and then the grim faces of Reid and Pelosi looming large over him.