he figures they can knock off people like sharon engel and other whack jobs out there but he has to go after mainstream guys. that s what he s doing. big names. he s advertising them. the old seat in illinois where you have a troubled democrat running against an incumbent who makes up stuff about his own resume. it s washington against nonwashington character. he s doing well precisely because he s framing this as the same old politics that he s running against. that s the single narrow track that they have to survive this election. obama has to be very careful because i agree with richard he wants to be above it all and be the outsider but to the extent he starts sounding like an old fashioned democrat and old fashioned rank and file old politics democrat he loses the magic he has left. coming up, former governor jerry brown running for governor of california neck and neck with meg whitman. he has a lot of campaign out