POLITICS: With Obama, Its The Perception That Counts

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Jennifer Rubin provided this interesting observation today from a republican strategist:

Republican strategist Glen Bolger said candidates must tread carefully to look presidential without coming off as presumptuous. His campaign has made the strategic decision that they have to make voters believe the candidate has already won, Mr. Bolger said. The risk in that is that there is a fair amount of hubris.

If Bolger is correct, many of the moves that the Obama campaign has made - the Berlin speech, the meetings in Washington this week, the naming of a transition team - are based on the theory that you are what you appear to be.

I believe Bolger’s right and the Obama campaign is counting on enough voters deciding on Obama based on the fawning fluff of MSM coverage.