Peggy Noonan writes. I apologize in advance.
2008 will prove in part to be a decisive political contest between the Dichotomy I Just Created. Between the thing I wanted to make a point about, and other thing which is the opposite of what I wanted to make a point about. (I’m not referring here to what you think I’m obviously referring to; some people break the dichotomy enough to prove that the dichotomy is valid.)
Mr. McCain is the thing I wanted to make a point about, of course; Mr. Obama is the other thing.
Roughly, broadly: