i think i see a pattern here...

Very interesting piece today in the Wall Street Journal about the politics of Obama and the notion of a presidential candidate with a singular message [himself], has difficulty governing once elected.

David Axelrod is Obama's chief strategist. He's done the 'change' and 'hope' thing before with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, a Democrat. [Pictured above, with Obama] As Axelrod told Time last year the Obama campaign themes were 'field tested in Massachusetts.'

Patrick wasn't expected to win. The former Clinton Administration lawyer was an outsider in Boston, but with Axelod and current Obama campaign manager David Plouffe behind him, he won the general election by 21 points.

Once in office, Patrick 'renovated his office and upgraded his car,' with state money and suddenly the voters discovered that he had no governing philosophy. He was a phony. He was a candidate, not a governor.

I suspect that if, God forbid, Obama wins the presidency, once all the pomp and circumstance and historical significance has been forgotten, Americans will discover that Obama doesn't have a governing philosophy either. He's a candidate, not a president.

At the least, David Axelrod owes the citizens of Massachusetts a big apology. We'll see what other debts he might accrue after November 4.