An Agent for Change?

Senator Obama makes much of being an "agent of change". He along with Mr. Edwards, represents himself as an outsider who seeks to change the "good old boy" network which is, admittedly, in too much control of the process. However, the hypocrisy of this stance is staggering.

If Senator Obama was truly dedicated to ending the "special interests" that dominate politics, he would have gone into the early primary system differently. Instead of repudiating a corrupt system focusing on special interests, moving from a convention and caucus primary system to an election, he has actively worked with his party to disenfranchise the voters in Michigan. For someone who says he stands against backroom politics, he's gone well out of his way to commit himself to them.