NOT QUITE A SISTER SOULJAH MOMENT, but maybe a Sister Souljah nanosecond:

“One good test as to whether folks are doing interesting work is, Can they surprise me?” he tells me. “And increasingly, when I read Daily Kos, it doesn’t surprise me. It’s all just exactly what I would expect.”

Just a foretaste of Obama’s campaign, I think. Unlike Clinton, who had to show his independence from the urban black base of his party, Obama will have to show his independence from the urban white base of his party. . . .