I am beginning to think Obama might actually stand to gain from this brouhaha. After taking on (well, sort of)  the left on FISA and the SC decision on gun ownership, he's now taking on the supposedly "rich and powerful" in the party as epitomized by arugula-eating, Birkenstock-wearing readership of the New Yorker.

The question is does this put him in the league of Kerry or of  Reagan and Clinton ? Changing positions is common place in presidential politics but most winning candidates do not  let it define them. McCain's been all over on several issues too so it will be interesting to see how that charge holds against both candidates.