Michelle Obama

I watched Michelle Obama's speech last night. I thought she did a fine job, but you could tell she was working. You could see her straining to convince America that her's was an American story, filled with all the talisman of America that we rely upon. It is a double edged sword I suppose. The fact that we force candidates to tag up to our common touchstones is probably beneficial. Right up to the point it becomes parochial and small minded.

The Obamas seem to have overwhelmed us a bit. A lot of America cannot process them. Their color, their ambitions, their success and their experience. So they have to do the limbo, and appeal to every white guy in Pennsylvania. That process robs them of traction, takes time, money and sometimes makes them look silly.

Each Presidential campaign seems to contain at least one man or woman who is intelligent, sophisticated, ambitious and compassionate. And they must convince a bunch of unintelligent, unsophisticated, unambitious and selfish people that they are good enough to lead. Personally, you could not pay me enough....