A Marine friend of NRO’s writes re: Kucinich:

Hey Jonah, What an opportunity for a Sister Souljah moment if I’ve ever seen one! I cannot believe Hillary hasn’t capitalized on this. It’s not like tossing Kucinich under the bus will lose her any votes. Perhaps she’s waiting for the next debate?

Me: Yes, I think it would be a great Sista Souljah moment, but not for Hillary Clinton. Hillary’s weaknesses are different than Bill’s were. Hillary needs to prove to the left that she’s one of them right now. Bill needed to prove to the moderates and independents that he wasn’t one of them. Throwing Kucinich under the bus would be an awfully risky thing for her to do, it seems to me, before the first primary vote is cast because it would set her against the netroots. They may not be quite as leftwing as the Jesse Jackson wing of the Democrats were in 1991, but they are more zealous when it comes to the war. Recall, the only mistake Hillary Clinton has made in months is when she suggested that the GOP would benefit from a terrorist attack and she was the best positioned to deal with that fact.

That said, while the Sista Souljah thing would be a problem for Clinton now, it might be a good idea for the general election, or after she has the nomination wrapped up. Moreover, I could see an argument for Obama or Biden getting all Sista Souljah on Dennis’s translucently pale a-s-s (as Barack likes to say). It would show that Obama isn’t as leftwing as many believe. Moreover Obama has a special appeal when he talks patriotically and all that. Going after a white dweeby leftist for running down the U.S. while abroad and at war and for poo-pooing commemoration of 9/11 would be a great opportunity for Obama to put some steel in his puffy rhetoric and to show voters that he’s not a captive to the left and that he’s willing to be bold enough to win. As for Biden, I confess I still have a soft spot for the guy (and I thought he did great on Meet the Press this weekend. I think he probably is disgusted by Kucinich’s behavior. He’s got the credentials to criticize it. And, perhaps most importantly, he has absolutely nothing to lose.