Barack Obama’s guest list a who’s who of bad omens

The Boston Herald reports:

Maybe he’s not superstitious, but should Barack Obama really be having dinner with Mike Dukakis and John Kerry - in August?

What’s next for Sen. Obama, a day of windsurfing on Nantucket with Liveshot? Or a tank ride in Michigan with the Duke?

Granted, Barack raised $4.8 million on Monday night with his 47th birthday party in the State Room at 60 State St. But 33 stories up in the sky, the vibes had to be positively Christmas Carol, with Barack as Ebenezer Scrooge, and the losers of ’88 and ’04 as the ghosts of elections past - and lost.

“In life I was . . . Michael Dukakis.”

And look, over in the corner, is that John Kerry - or an undigested bit of beef, as Charles Dickens would put it.