It's not an election, it's a coronation

Forget the polls. They're a load of dung. The choice has already been made for us. Don't take my word for it -- see what the fawning media have to say about it themselves.

The 5:20 TBA turned out to be his adoration session with lawmakers in the Cannon Caucus Room, where even committee chairmen arrived early, as if for the State of the Union. Capitol Police cleared the halls -- just as they do for the actual president. The Secret Service hustled him in through a side door -- just as they do for the actual president.

Inside, according to a witness, he told the House members, "This is the moment . . . that the world is waiting for," adding: "I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions."

As he marches toward Inauguration Day (Election Day is but a milestone on that path), Obama's biggest challenger may not be Republican John McCain but rather his own hubris.

Some say the supremely confident Obama -- nearly 100 days from the election, he pronounces that "the odds of us winning are very good" -- has become a president-in-waiting. But in truth, he doesn't need to wait: He has already amassed the trappings of the office, without those pesky decisions.

And why shouldn't Mr. {don't say his middle name or you're a racist} feel like he's already the president? Who wouldn't with this crowd of sycophants following you everywhere you go?

Obama, who appeared tired in his first major appearance since returning Saturday from a 10-day trip abroad, met with a receptive audience at the Chicago convention. Some journalists had waited three hours for the 40-minute appearance.

The group had expected Obama and Sen. John McCain to speak on Thursday night, but because of scheduling conflicts, only Obama could attend yesterday morning's talk.

When Obama walked on stage at the McCormick Center, many journalists in the audience leapt to their feet and applauded enthusiastically after being told not to do so. During a two-minute break halfway through the event, which was broadcast live on CNN, journalists ran to the stage to snap photos of Obama. (emphasis mine)

OMG. No mention of knee pads, so I guess the media stopped just short of Monica Lewinsky, though I wouldn't have put it past any of them.

Sure, there's still plenty of time for Mr. {} to take a misstep and fall on his face. Remember Michael Dukakis. But as long as he plays it straight and doesn't make any egregious gaffes, he's a shoe-in for Supreme Ruler of the American Empire.

God help us all.