way to go Dan. That is great of Sen. Obama to make time to talk with you.

I have to say I sympathize with him; I feel like he's one of those people who values authenticity and has been successful on the basis of being seen as authentic, and he resents the idea of having to reflect on correct framing rather than speak from where he's at. I don't feel too worried about him; he arguably misstepped slightly with this speech but the more he enters into this territory the more I think he will sort out for himself how to talk about these things and cover his bases. Maybe partly through conversations like this one.