2008 Election Coverage

Obama can sure work a crowd

February 12th, 2007

Sen. Barack Obama toured Iowa this weekend and was then back in DC this morning.  I’m very impressed with the guy.  one thing I’m just noticing from press, such as this washingtonpost.com article) is how well he performs in person.  He stands up to protesters taunting him and pushes back against the media when they’re out of line.  He is running a scripted campaign, but it doesn’t feel that way.

When protesters shouted for us to bring troops home now, he replied “Come on.  We’re on the same side guys.”  Bush (and most folks… not just to knock Bush) would have patiently waited for security to remove them.  Earlier, he tried to engage protesters to include them in the dialogue before they were thrown out (apparently they refused to be engaged).  Dealing with hostle uninvited bullies trying to hijack your world tells alot about a man in my opinion.

And his comment in the post article about his swimsuit picture was playful enough and truthful enough that swooning journalists had to have been left with a blush and a “shucks you caught me” grin.  He headed the unknown-and-lacks-substance argument off at the pass — at least with those journalists. he’s had some critism about his web2.0 site having some hiccups this morning, but I think he’s running his campaign exactly how he needs to to stay true to himself and be taken seriously.

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