Obama as Accidental Nominee

Christopher Hitchens, that lovable erstwhile Trotskyist, seems to be a bit frustrated with Barack Obama.Why is Obama so vapid and hesitant and gutless? Why, to put it another way, does he risk going into political history as a dusky Dukakis? Well, after the self-imposed Jeremiah Wright nightmare, he can't afford any more militancy, or militant-sounding stuff, even if it might be justified...He