THE LINCOLN COMPARISONS JUST KEEP ON COMIN'

Many of the candidates, most notably Obama, seem fond of creating similarities between their candidacy today and Lincoln's initial path to the presidency. Lincoln was universally the third or fourth choice of a recently reorganized party filled with self-doubt. His party's convention was held in his home state but he and his advisors believed he would have a better chance if he didn't attend (thus he didn't). His people at the convention could not put together a majority until a man with the last name of Cameron, recalling Lincoln's kindness and good manners from past interactions, directed his supporters to throw in with Lincoln on the last ballot.

So, if we assume the Lincon comparisons are accurate, we can safely assume anyone who's a rock star now is doomed to failure and the rest of 'em had best not piss your friendly bloghost off.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

-- Abraham Lincoln, when considering placing Republican Rivals
in his cabinet