I’m indebted to “Josh Marshall”:http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/238525.php for explaining the significance of the event. Ken Adelman, lifelong Republican and hawkish former chum of Cheney and Rumsfeld emailed _New Yorker_ staffer George Packer to “explain”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/georgepacker/2008/10/not-quite-colin.html why he’s “supporting”:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/georgepacker/2008/10/adelman-addendu.html Obama this year. (Hint: _temperament_ is the word of the year.)