Peggy Noonan captures well why Obama is as hot as he
is:
He has obvious appeal. I asked a Young Democrat
college student why he liked him. After all, I said, he has little
experience. That’s part of what I like, he said. “He’s not an
insider, he’s not just a D.C. politician.”
He is uncompromised by a past, it is true. He is also
unburdened by a record, unworn by achievement, unwearied by long
labors.
After John Kerry, and in the face of a baggage-heavy Hillary, Obama
works as the hot candidate because he is a clean slate.