The great seal of Obamaland
Sure, I’d like to see him trounce McCain but it looks like when he’s not pretending to be a Kansan with heartland values he’s being the presumptive president!

This seems a tad ludicrous even for a campaign that has long since surpassed all others in self-importance.

— Daniel Larison

Also:

When Dr. Johnson defined patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, he ignored the enormous possibilities of the word reform.

— Roscoe Conkling in 1876, quoted by Gore Vidal