1. Mr. Will is paid to analyze and punditize on such things.
2. There is nothing Obama can do about "his thin resume regarding national security, the thinnest of any major party nominee since Wendell Wilkie's in 1940." Except talk ... and as Mr. Will points out, that's becoming a weak point for The One Who Is To Come.
From the Democrats' perspective, they may now be starting to realize that Obama's appeal is almost entirely emotional, and that's a bad thing. If one must compare it to something, I think it would be most closely akin to the headlong rush that accompanies one's first romance -- all hope and excitement, untempered by the experience that comes only with time. Most -- nearly all -- first romances don't survive the initial rush; the realities of the other person simply cannot live up to those magical first weeks.
The Democrats' only hope is that they can continue to maintain the emotional frenzy surrounding Mr. Obama's candidacy until November. That's going to be a very tough job.
it’s too late. G. Will does indeed give good advice, at least in this instance. But the McCain campaign has all the fodder it needs for 3 months of TV aids.. The cosomopolition citizen of the world is enough to sink him, and has.. I truly believe it’s over for B.O. Before the trip I was b*tching and moaning on FR that McCain was a lousy candidate and that he won’t win... Now , thanks to B.O’s own arrogance with that overblown trip, there is no way he could lose.
the mile high stadium thing will be a further disaster. the adoring crowds do not help BO.. they hurt him. it looks creepy, to us adults.. reminds us of the Beatles and that over the top crying of the crowds.