Clearly, this whole crowd that supports community organizing, small donors and a distrubuted power base is at odds with the old school Dems you reference.  It is interesting watching Obama try to either bring those guys on board or find a way to cut them loose without causing too much damage.  This can all be plainly seen in the current negotiations with the Clinton donors.  They are slow to get on board because they still "have concerns about Obama."  Sure they do...in their case, they have concerns that Obama won't kiss their butts. 

I would imagine the Obama team never went in to this without a plan on exactly how to walk this tightrope.  You need to truly convert or coopt as many of those folks as possible without losing the whole vision and turning off the loyal, progressive base.

Also just a note about the Unite for Change meetings.  These were initiated I would say 3 weeks ago and yet it is only now that I see there was this whole Unite theme that was being laid for this week with the Clinton/Obama rally in Unity, NH.  And, of course, my confidence in the campaign was vindicaed when I got a phone call this week regarding helping with my meeting.  They really are on the ball.