I read that WP article yesterday, and it struck a chord with me, too.

One thing the article doesn't mention though, are the two surrogate narcissists in this campaign season: Bill Clinton and Jeremiah Wright.

After "sleeping on it" re: the Rev Wright yesterday, the bottom line for me because "what the hell kind of pastor does this to one of their parishioners?"

This campaign just keeps getting more and more distressing.

More and more alarming.

On the Democratic side, we have the Clinton dynasty, and on the other we have the poor judgment of a candidate who decided to play identity politics with the hardcore US identity politics masters, in order to seek and attain his political ambitions. That decision to play identity politics with the south side guys over a decade ago is, sadly, now what is truly "coming home to roost".

Being a veteran of Chicago politics too, I guess all I can say--wearily--is I guess we should have expected as much.

Now southern Dems in tough re-election races are beginning to distance themselves from Obama. Once that starts to happen, the bleeding becomes nearly impossible to stop.

This whole sorry, sordid, narcissist mess will pull the Democratic ticket down in the fall--maybe not in the presidential race, but it sure as hell will have an effect on the balance between the parties in Congress.

But nobody cares. It's all about the presidential horse race.