It seems that Obama’s base (the MSM) is disillusioned by Obama’s lurch to the right:
Only an idiot would think or hope that a politician going through the crucible of a presidential campaign could hold fast to every position, steer clear of the stumbling blocks of nuance and never make a mistake. But Barack Obama went out of his way to create the impression that he was a new kind of political leader — more honest, less cynical and less relentlessly calculating than most.

You would be able to listen to him without worrying about what the meaning of “is” is.
You’d think that someone like Bob Herbert would know better to trust anything a politician says on the campaign trial. Even Obama admits that 🙂
Amazing that Obama has disillusioned his supporters already and he hasn’t even officially been nominated yet.