obsessed - or just starting early?

The Baltimore Sun's "The Swamp" blog has noticed the National Review's obsession with Barack Obama. Three consecutive issues have featured an Obama on the cover - two of Barack and one of his wife Michelle.

The Swamp asks the question:

Might so much coverage, much of it plowing already well-turned ground, betray anger that a candidate who to some eyes is so obviously flawed has gotten so far?

Or does it reflect concern among hard-core conservatives that Obama might be the real deal and needs to be cut down to size, and quickly?

I think we know the answer, don't we? ANY Democrat who was the leader for the nomination at this point could expect to be "cut down to size" by the oldest element of the Right Wing Noise Machine.