What's Up With Obama?

I started writing something yesterday about Obama's bizarre political choices last week, but today I discovered that Duncan Black has saved me the trouble of finishing it:

So, Obama's week so far: Fake social security issue, and telling gay people they need to have a "dialogue with" (translation: listen to) people who say that they're killing America's children.

The details are here and here.

Obama used to be my #2 pick, behind Edwards, but I must say he's slipped at least a notch over this last bit of craziness. I'm not sure whether it's that Obama is loonier than I thought he was, or whether he has a staff composed of idiots, but either way, it's not a good sign.