Time to hop on the bandwagon and talk about ……..wait for it……….Change!   What change we have!

The Republicans do not have an “it’s my turn candidate” but the Democrats do.

Pundits speak of “The Establishment” but the reference is in terms of Democrats, not Republicans.

The insurgencies we’ve seen over the years were typically on the Republican side going back to Ronald Regan’s first shot at the nomination and progressing through Pat Buchanan, John McCain, Pat Robertson and now Mike Huckabee, with a nod to Mr. Dean.  (I rather miss Pat’s “peasants with pitchforks”; I wonder how they voted.)

Now, the insurgency is on the Democratic side in the person of Mr. Obama.

Experience is the other, supposed, critical issue but the most experienced, and possibly the smartest Democrat, Joe Biden is eating political dirt, again. .

The actual conservative, Duncan Hunter is lined up for Mr. Biden’s dirt entrée leftovers.

Ron Paul was essentially even with Rudy Guliani?

Bill Clinton is derisive about “Process”; Bill Clinton was, among his many skills, the master of “Process”.  Did the rules change?  Did someone miss a memo? 

The Republicans are now on the verge of adopting the traditional Democratic posture of “eating their young” potentially leaving the choice of a nominee to the convention. The ultimate result being a weakened general election candidate.

The Republican’s traditional complaints about biased media coverage have been replaced by the same manner of complaint from a former President about the failure of the media. CNN may have to change their initials.

Mainstream media pundits, very much in love with Hillary just a month ago have filed their divorce papers.  Oops, she won!  Yes, Mr. Matthews I’m referring to you.

The world is upside down, how did this happen? Ahhhhhhhh, change in capital letters. Has anyone counted how many times the media parroted the theme, seemingly more so than the actual candidates. 

The entire campaign turned on one 17-minute speech by Mr. Obama.  An excellent speech by any standards, but in light of the forces aligned against him, truly amazing!

Change may end up being the order of the day. But it more likely that the real dynamic is an almost unconscious desire to end  the déjà vu.  We’ve had two decades of Bush(s) and Clinton.  Maybe this is less about empirical change than it is about a weary sense that it’s time to just move on. 

Mr. Obama is an opportunity for Democrats to, in a philosophically consistent way, execute the inevitable generational change that was sitting on the cusp. Mr. Obama, not to dismiss his considerable skills and instincts, was a target waiting for an arrow. an answer waiting for the right question.