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Originally Posted by Bugs  This post is not typical of what I post, but I must say that I did find Obama's demeanor to be a bit too much on the angry side - this might have worked for him with most, but it was not really appealing to me. |
You might not like it, but angry is good for Obama. For most of the campaign, Obama expressed his positions in a measured and logical fashion as if writing a legal essay for his old Harvard Law Review. That helped him gain a fanatical following among elites and students. But Obama needs to tap into the anger of the beleaguered American worker to win. America's workers are among the most productive in the world, but are now watching their jobs go offshore, their real wages shrink and wealth flow upwards only to the richest Americans. In brief, the average American worker is angry. If Obama
doesn't tap into that anger, the faux-populist McCain will end up with many of those voters so that they can get stiffed for another four years.