“We’re sensitive to the fluid dynamics of the campaign, but we have a game plan and a strategy,” said Obama’s campaign manager, David Plouffe. “We’re familiar with this. And I’m sure between now and Nov. 4 there will be another period of hand-wringing and bed-wetting. It comes with the territory.”
Almost as funny:
“Everyone was astonished that she drew 9,000 people to Lancaster the other night,” said Obama’s senior strategist, David Axelrod. “But we drew 10,000 people there last week.”
“They got a transient boost from the sort of imagery surrounding her selection,” Axelrod said. “But I think things will settle in. She will be a candidate and not just a symbol.”
A symbol? I believe Obama already has that covered:
“It has become increasingly clear in my travel, the campaign — that the crowds, the enthusiasm, 200,000 people in Berlin, is not about me at all. It’s about America. I have just become a symbol.”