Frank Rich reports that

Rita Hauser, who was a Bush financial chairwoman in New York in 200 and served on the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board in the administrations's first term, joined other players in the G.O.P. establishment in forming Republicans for Obama last week. Why? The leadership qualities she admires in Obama--temperament, sustained judgment, the ability to play well with others--are missing in McCain.

This is the point some of us were making many months ago in response to Hillary's charge that Obama lacked experience and knowledge of the challenges he would face. We thought Hillary lacked the temperament and judgment so crucial to making the biggest of the big decisions, as in the case of the vote to give Bush the power to go to war. I think this distinction resonated well. The experience factor seemed so compelling, but it isn't in this case, because of the power of his positions on big issues.

I'm not gloating--at least that's not my main purpose here. Rather, I'm trying to drive home Rita Hauser's and other notable Republicans' point, because this provides a compelling way to organize and focus Obama's candidacy. The latest juice is all about the failure to regulate, which Obama was out in front on. There he was again, the inexperienced guy, displaying sound judgment relative to his opponent.

My bumper stickers now reads, "It's All About Obama's Judgment," and A "Thoughtful Temperament Makes for Sound Judgment."