Curiously

One of the observations that I feel isn't being made enough with regard to the 2008 presidential campaign on the Democratic side of things is that the recent trend of 'swing liberals' toward Hillary Clinton rather than Barack Obama, whom they firmly backed in Iowa, is that this is one of the weirder political movements I've seen in a while.

You can argue that the false narrative of Obama loving on Ronald Reagan is driving this, but it still baffles me these voters are moving to the Clinton camp. It's rather easy to argue that, based on her voting record and the triangulation efforts of her husband's presidency, that she is the least progressive candidate in the race.

Why these folks aren't flocking to the John Edwards campaign, arguably the most liberal candidate in the field, is a head-scratcher. I can only assume that this is because the Clinton brand has permeated Democratic politics so much that the average primary voter simply believes - falsely, I might add - that she is the more progressive choice.

Shamelessly lying about her opponents' comments and records probably doesn't help anything out either.