Agreed, going against the party isn’t a requirement for president. The rub is that Obama is explicitly running on a concept of being “post-partisan” and other such nonsense, when in fact he is among the most party-line members of his caucus.

Wallace calling out Axelrod on these unanimous consent “votes” was genius. It exposed the talking points of “ethics reform and nuclear non-proliferation” as a complete ruse.

That is why I have joined teams, schools, a church, etc.–not becasue I feel like I need to fight against them, but becasue I want to be a part of them.

Obama certainly has his obvious flaws, but I don’t see this as one of them. And McCain’s little ‘Maverick’ stance is hardly the great attribute that he seems to think.