Obama Edwards - Perfect Political Theatre

With a 10,000 plus Michigan crowd in rock concert mode, Barack Obama strode on stage last night like he owned the place. Looking more relaxed than he has in weeks, speaking casually and confidently, his presence as always electrifying the crowd. Introducing  John Edwards, and reveling in Edwards anticipated endorsement, you would never guess this was the same candidate who lost by a wide margin less that 24 hours prior. 

Edwards strode onto the stage, Bruce Springsteen "the Rising" blasting and the crowd cheering. Edwards all perfectly pressed, perfectly coiffed,  shirt as white as his teeth. A character out of a Tennesse Williams play.

It was quite frankly perfect political theatre. Coming on the West Virginia loss and Obama's speech with no acknowledgment of West Virginia election results, it left time for the Hillary Camp to spend Wednesday in heavy "winner' mode. As the media spun, Hillary teared up speaking of Chelsea on the campaign trail and the continued rhetoric of "we can win"! ( sort of). It was another day in Clinton's theatre of the absurd. 

And that's what made the Edwards endorsement perfect theatre for Obama. Timed to dominate the evening news, the Obama campiagn changed the spin right back to them. You could feel the media tossing aside the clinton's tired and desperate fantasy world campaign and gravitating back to Obama rapture in a nano second. By the time the evening news had folded, the soliloquies had been spoken and Obama left the stage all that was left was the quiet sound of keyboards tapping as clinton staff brushed up their resume. 

Some days you just gotta admire the flawlessness of it all.