Another Weekend, Another Rock Star In Austin
Last weekend it was Mick, Keith, Charlie, and Ronnie, and this weekend…Obama:
Senator Barack Obama got a rock star’s reception Saturday at a venue that’s usually much less welcoming of Democrats — the Texas Capitol.
Several hundred people filled the Texas House chamber to hear the possible presidential candidate speak at the 11th annual Texas Book Festival.
Much of the crowd shrieked and jumped to its feet when Obama walked in through a side door. Outside, another couple hundred people waited up to five hours to get his autograph.
Obama is promoting his latest book, “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream.” The Illinois Democrat is the the nation’s only black senator.
He created a stir last Sunday when he acknowledged he was considering a run for president in 2008.
And to think I missed it…and Gore Vidal was there, too!…but I was holding out for Chomsky (for the record: I like Barack Obama reasonably well for a Democrat – but this whole politician as rock star bit gets old very quickly)…
if obama takes bayh, he wins. (all 2004 blues with IN and OH)
I always thought it would be bayh picking obama…bayh actually has lengthy and choice senate positions, bolstering his resume.
a midwestern strategy is the only thing to offset the chance of either mccain or guiliani. Both are vulnerable in the midwest, lacking any ties.
Obama is nothing more than a slicked up Je$$ie Jack$on con man. Dimwit’s aren’t called dimwits for nothing. They prove the deserve the title every day.
I see they are following the Mark Halprin script:
9. Amplify Obama-mania as a metaphor for the Democratic Party being the party of excitement and the future.
Ho-hum. You want to see Bambi caught in the headlights? Put him up against Duncan Hunter.