I'm not seeing any real evidence for that, and some evidence - like the Gregg pick, and the unfounded supergenius rumours that this would give the Dems 60 - that there's not so much of the supergenius happening.
At the moment we don't really have enough data to tell - and what there is doesn't suggest supergenius, more a deliberate and rather fluffy policy of 'Why can't we all get along'?
I wouldn't be unhappy if Obama turns out to be a strategic trapmeister - but I would be surprised.
There's some logic to Judd Gregg without believing the Supergenius idea. The Republican who's replacing him is, as I understand it, a fair bit more moderate. And the other thing is, it gives Gregg a chance to bow out gracefully if he, as I suspect he might have been, on the fence about reelection, while also giving the Dem candidate in 2010 a clear path in a blue state.
And, given that Rahmbo is monitoring the Census, Gregg can't do any real damage, even though that was never really a danger to begin with (contrary to the ranting and hyperventilating of the blogosphere, the ComSec has very, very little influence on Census).
But the rest I agree with. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
But, it turns out, no, when he was saying that, he was still in interview for position mode ... he didn't really mean it.
Probably he's been a Senator for long enough that the idea that he would promise something in one week and be expected to stick to it the next week was an entirely foreign notion. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
