It’s fair to say that we’ve sufficiently celebrated the milestone of electing our first biracial president, but it’s simply incorrect to assert that hope for Obama’s success is guilt-induced. Fear-induced is more like it. Most want Obama to succeed because they’d like to avoid bread lines in the near future…

Trying to assign blame — or amp up rhetoric to satisfy the market’s gargantuan appetite for ratings — is counterproductive in the present. If Obama wants to rumble, he’s got an eager foe in Limbaugh. But if he really wants to win, he might take a page from his predecessor’s playbook: Never dignify your enemies with recognition.