Is Obama going Edwards/Harkin in tone?

[barking_iguana]

Much of Obama's appeal is that he's been able to identify what is so wrong with the status quo, while his demeanor remains positive about what can be. Most politicians who are as critical as he he is, come off as driven by anger and wanting to drive home their point, rather than by the opportunity to make things better. If you can recall Tom Harkin's 1992 campaign, you'll know what I'm talking about. Edwards sometimes drifted into the same territory, but sometimes managed to avoid it.

I just saw Obama's response to the State of the Union address. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmNCALGHOC4 ) Except for the last few seconds, I thought I was watching a younger, darker Harkin. That dog won't hunt in the general election. I don't know if he was consciously trying to pick up Edwards voters, whether he was tired and it came out as being fed up in an ugly way, or what. But whatever the cause, I hope it remains a side of him that's usually reserved for behind closed doors.

Comments

[chemoelectric.livejournal.com]

I’ll have to watch that after Sam Seder’s program ends at 6 o’clock CST (Correct Standard Time).

[chemoelectric.livejournal.com]

I’ve watched. Personally, I was impressed by his weaseling on Iraq.

As for the ‘anger’, at whom was this ‘anger’ directed? That ‘anger’ dissipated when this target was out of ‘view’, came back when that target returned. (The target was not John McCain.)