Make no mistake, the domestic and global left are salivating over the prospect of an Obama presidency.  With poll numbers trending their way, the excited, but unusually restrained and disciplined Left believes it has victory within sight. Conspiracy theorists we’re not, but many people can work independently and in a complimentary fashion if they share the same goal, and Leftists around the world are all working in one fashion or another to ensure that in less than one month, America takes a great leap forward into socialism.

As too few Americans realize, Obama is part of America’s hard Left. He is a product of Chicago’s famously dirty political machine. As Investor’s Business Daily noted,

“Obama himself began his career as a Chicago community organizer and worked on projects there influenced by Saul Alinsky. The Marxist Machiavellian of the Chicago scene advised budding revolutionaries in his 1971 book “Rules For Radicals” to conceal their radical affiliations to attain greater power.”

Obama launched his political career in the home of the unrepentant domestic anti-war terrorist, William Ayers, whose organization bombed the U.S. Capitol, Pentagon, and tried to murder the family of New York Supreme Court Justice John Murtagh. Obama’s self described “spiritual mentor,” Jeremiah Wright is a hate-spewing, anti-American racist of the first magnitude that peddles in genocidal conspiracy theories and the avowedly Marxist black liberation theology. Wright is a close associate of both the radical left preacher Michael Phleger as well as the virulently racist and anti-Semitic Louis Farrakhan, who has referred to Obama as the “Messiah.” Obama was once counted among the ranks of the New Party, an openly socialist party, and his legislative record is farther to the left than the Senate’s only self-described socialist, Senator Bernie Sanders.

Obama’s endorsees from abroad include Cuba’s communist dictator Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega, leader of Nicaragua’s socialist Sandanistas, and the FARC – Colombia’s paramilitary Marxist terrorist organization that has kidnapped and murdered hundreds of hostages including Americans. According to Governor Bill Richardson, there is “enormous support” for Obama in Hugo Chavez’s Venezula, and Obama has also been endorsed by the self-described “Islamic socialist, ” and terrorist Muammar Gaddafi.  Obama has also been endorsed by Islamists, including Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas, who must see an anti-war candidate with Muslim roots as a gift from God following the presidency of George W. Bush. Indeed Obama was forced to return thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions from Palestinian donors after an investigation uncovered the fraudulent donations.

At home, Obama remains the centerpiece in a Saul Alinksy inspired movement to place a radical in the maximum position of power. No less an authority than the Communist Party USA editorialized that:

“A broad multiclass, multiracial movement is converging around Obama’s “Hope, change and unity” campaign because they see in it the thrilling opportunity to end 30 years of ultra-right rule and move our nation forward with a broadly progressive agenda.“

The direction and the intention is thus clear, but the Left has learned from its earlier failures and this time is working in a disciplined and at times coordinated fashion to ensure Obama’s election. Cognizant of the backlash that has accompanied past left-wing power grabs, and the tendency of Americans to reject radicalism, the Left is attempting to slip Obama past the American people – a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The ever-quotable Michelle Obama, a woman whose pride in her country appeared with its embrace of her radical husband disappeared from the campaign trail months ago. So did Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Jeremiah Wright, and other agitators from the civil rights industry. Quiet has been Kweisi Mfume, and restrained has been the NAACP. Gone too are the usual suspects from Hollywood: there have been no rantings from Barbara Streisand, no pronouncements from Rosie O’Donnell or Danny Glover. Absent has been Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins or Rob Reiner. Not a peep from Ben Affleck, Sean Penn, Janeane Garofalo, or Michael Moore.  The anti-war Left is also in hiding. No demonstrations from Code Pink, or media stunts from Cindy Sheehan, and decided restraint from A.N.S.W.E.R. and other groups. MoveOn.org has been uncharacteristically quiet, and we’ve heard nary a mention of George Soros. Academia is also doing its part.  William Ayers is conveniently on sabbatical, Ward Churchill has yet rear his head, and there’s been little opining by Noam Chomsky. Most helpful of all of course has been the mainstream media, which has abandoned all pretense of journalistic integrity and has covered Obama for nearly 20 months without asking any probing questions or investigating any disquieting connections, quietly burying anything negative and suppressing the most basic elements of intellectual curiosity – from missing birth certificates, to terrorist associations, to shady real estate deals, not even a single image of Obama smoking cigarettes. Anything and everything that could prove unpopular with the vast swath of America’s electorate has been left untouched or underreported.  No matter where you look, or in what forum, from Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews to Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter, the great mouthpieces of liberalism have silently left the stage and wait quietly in the tall grass as America heads to the polls.

So, as Obama’s radicalism has been concealed, it has been replaced with evidence of his widespread appeal to ordinary mainstream Americans. Thus, we see prefabricated signs proclaiming support for Obama from Catholics, clergy, and people of faith. Women and moms, and sportsmen…even Republicans have their own “for Obama” sign. Unreported rock concerts immediately precede Obama rallies to create the illusion of massive popular support, and on the Web and in print media, Obama’s team wages an aggressive effort to stifle criticism of Obama while silently but effectively placing positive images and articles about their man at every turn. No, the American Left has learned its lesson. Their man Barack has a better chance of being elected if his radical connections and his appeal to Leftists are concealed. Rather, as would befit adherents of Saul Alinksy, it is more effective a strategy to wrap Obama in a cloak or ordinary, moderate mainstream electability, create a sense of self-reinforcing popular support, and quietly carry him over the finish line. A finish line much easier to attain thanks to coordinated efforts by groups like ACORN, who are attempting to steal the election for their Community Organizer-in-Chief, and aided by well placed Democratic sympathizers in voter sensitive positions such as county registrar offices and even secretary of state positions.

Obama’s campaign has been a textbook example of how to sneak a liberal into power, and should it triumph, it will not only mean the most Left-wing, inexperienced president in our nation’s history, but will evidence a stunning triumph of radical socialism over its heretofore most stubborn adversary – the American people.