As soon as we can nail down exactly what those are...

One of the things I've found amusing over the years is the assumption that is automatically made that Democrats are intellectual giants. By definition. You never have to show exactly why, it's just a given, almost like some kind of tradition. (The corollary, of course, is that all Republicans are knuckle-dragging troglodytes who have to read short books to keep their lips from getting tired).

I listened for years to liberals telling me how brilliant the Clintons were, when their actions kept saying otherwise. I knew better, but at least gave them credit for some political cunning. After this last race, I don't even see evidence of that.

Even the author of the article linked above assumes that Obama's got some kind of ingenious master plan. A less sophisticated person might just think he was making it up as he goes along.