Paul Mirengoff of Powerline states the obvious:
We conservatives have had a good time ridiculing the Obama phenomenon, especially its messianic feel -- the willingness of its adherents to pour so much hope and belief into such an empty, or at least incomplete, vessel -- and its elevation of "narrative" over substance.
It turns out that we were dying to have basically the same experience.
The difference is that Obama earned it; Palin was given it.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/09/needing-to-swoon/211942/
