:As I noted, Kurtz is one of the operatives who was promoting this and other fringe-ish anti-Obama stuff before the last election: Obama's supposed ties with terrorists, being a closet socialist, etc.  He's back for another spin at that wheel, apparently.  I won't get into the deeper psychological / social reasons why people want to believe Obama is a Manchurian candidate, but it's part of that.  See the small new buzz of chatter in the conservative blogosphere. -