This gives me a lot of hope:

“I’m a strong believer in civility and I’m a strong believer in a bipartisan foreign policy, but that cause is not served with dishonest, divisive attacks of the sort that we’ve seen out of George Bush and John McCain over the last couple days, ” Obama told about 2,000 voters at a town hall-style meeting in a livestock barn.

Obama said McCain had a “naive and irresponsible belief that tough talk from Washington will somehow cause Iran to give up its nuclear program and support for terrorism.”

During his swing through South Dakota, the Democratic front-runner said he had intended to focus on rural issues, but felt compelled to respond to the criticism from Bush and McCain.

“They aren’t telling you the truth. They are trying to fool you and scare you because they can’t win a foreign policy debate on the merits,” said Obama. “But it’s not going to work. Not this time, not this year.”

Bush did not mention Obama by name in his speech, but Obama and other Democrats said the implication was clear.

“That’s exactly the kind of appalling attack that’s divided our country and that alienates us from the world,” Obama said. He vowed to turn the foreign policy debate back against both Bush and McCain, rejecting the notion that Democrats critical of the war in Iraq are vulnerable to charges of being soft on terrorism.

Hell yeah, man. That’s exactly the kind of response I’ve been waiting for from the Democrats for the last 8 years. Throw their bullshit back at them and put them on the defensive. Of course, if you’re living in the reality-based community, you’re damned if you do, and you’re damned if you don’t. No doubt the Republicans will jump right on this as proof that Obama is in fact the one who’s alienating our country with his divisive political statement about divisive political statements.