Obama Gets Established

Mrs. Josh pointed out yesterday, in that cute way she has, where she uses the wand taped to her forehead to tap out messages on a giant keypad propped up in front of her HoveRound motorized scooter, that Obama has been endorsed by John Kerry and Ted Kennedy. I think that makes Obama the odds-on favorite to win the Massachusetts Senate race, not to mention he now has the two most respected and sacred (to Republicans, too!) Democratic figures of 2004 in his corner. So he can't lose, is what I'm thinking. But Mrs. Josh, she always has another angle, and she pointed out, literally, that Obama has now officially shed his "anti-establishment" label. In fact, it's hard to imagine how one could get more "establishment" than to become the choice of two guys who have a combined 62 years in the US Senate. Now if he can just get that fudgepacker Robert Byrd's endorsement, Obama will have over 100 years of senatorial establishmentariousness in his corner!