now it was mostly an "alpha male" spectacle focused on fundraising to beat Obama.

A shameless promotion of one of my own blogs - The Fall of the Alpha Male

One of a number of blog fragments I have been toying with lately is that one of the reasons that Obama creates such vitriol from the Right is that he represents in many ways the alternative to the alpha male - which is not the rise of the beta or omega male.  It is the male who not only adopts the collaborative approach with the competitive approach, but has a proclivity towards the collaborative and non-confrontational.  If only on a subconscious level, guys and dudes like the Koch brothers are threatened by the rise of a role model like Obama. 

I don't have to tell anyone here that there are plenty of those on the Left who have had their serious frustrations with this Obama.  They have wanted him to match the aggressive conservatives and Republicans, an inside the beltway that is red in tooth and claw.

Given the amount of money that will be fueled into the SuperPACs - this will be a a red in tooth and claw election (Florida's Republican primary on national scale).  Carpet bombing like we have never seen before (and apparently quite constitutional).  The saving grace is that Obama showed in 2008 he can go toe to toe, letting his inner alpha male to emerge in his own way. 

I have a feeling the Republican/conservative attacks on Obama will comes across a brutal thuggery, while Obama will appear presidential, statesman-like, civilized.  A new kind of Alpha male, one that isn't quite an Alpha male.

And this is freaking the old boys network out.