(Kaus's February 12 entry explains what's reprehensible here far better than I could.)
The "cult following for Obama" meme is a quintessential straw man, in that I've seen it attacked many places without ever really seeing it embodied. Maybe I just have blinkers on (but nowhere near the blinders Krugman has: from which planet did he file that one?).
The link in the parenthetical comment above is via Ann Althouse's blog, and it turns out the common element to this post is Richard Nixon of all people.
Posted by Matt Bruce at February 12, 2008 02:24 PM