Obama is 30 points down in the poll and won't go after Clinton. He stays under the radar. He does these professorial town halls and keeps his gatherings small.
The press has written him off.
The donors are in a panic.
They plead with him to take on Clinton and yet, Obama bides his time.
Then, less then 2 months before the Iowa caucus when the big event comes. The Jefferson Jackson dinner. The night has been over long. So many speakers before him, Including the local politicians. People are bored and tired. Obama is the last to speak.
Obama strides on stage and rips a barnburning speech and nothing is the same.
What few know is that long before that night the Obama camp knew they would have to take on Hillary. They also knew that the timing was everything. And Obama is a master of timing and sizing up the enemy.
He ignores the donors pleas and tells them to just believe in him as he knows what he is doing.
What the Obama camp knew early on was that Hillary, when attacked, would over reach in return.
He played her. He got her where he wanted and then, bam. And she over reacted.
Obama beat the Clinton machine.
Obama knows McCain. He knows McCain was jealous of the attention Obama got. He knew McCain craved to be the celebrity he once was. Obama also knows Palin is new on the national scene and all the attention can be head turning and powerful. And he knows Palin's personality type.
He sees McCain reacting in many ways like Hillary. Throwing the kitchen sink to get Obama. He knows McCain has not just a temper but, an ego.
He also knows how shallow the press is and that they love gossip and cotton candy over substance.
Obama could generate some buzz of his own by holding some big rallies and yet, he stays under the radar and holds small gatherings on substance. The press never talks about those. Only the big stuff.
Biden is a seasoned pol. Biden is no dummy. Yet he praises Palin and McCain all the time and won't attack. Then, yesterday says Hillary would have been a better pick then him.
And they both keep under the radar enough to keep mostly out the news except for the doomsayers who keep giving Obama advice and claim he lost his mojo and is caught cold.
Something's up.
Everyone knows that Obama is a powerful speaker who can not only command a stage and inspire tens of thousands of people, but, can throw the limelight right back on him. Why doesn't he do some rallies and challenge the other side for excitement?
Something's up.
The press breathlessly reports every move Palin makes. they would hold breaking news for when she takes a dump. The people are hammered with Palin day in and out. Palin is on all the covers of the magazines.
Mccain is rolling out a new attack everyday. some of it so ridiculous it defies effectiveness and yet, this is what the press talks endlessly about.
McCain and Palin are doing a road show all over the country and smiling smugly while they tighten up the polls.
Yet, Biden is so under the radar you almost forget he is the veep nominee.
Obama is seeming to fade and in trouble.
Yet he does nothing.
Something is up.
The master of timing and knowing the enemy is waiting. Biden was never accused of being a shrinking violet. McCain's camp tried to stir things up with making a huge deal of Lipstick on a Pig so they could engage in earnest. Obama is making noise he will be tough but, hangs back.
It's less then 2 months before the election and the donors and party are getting nervous.
Why isn't he doing something. Anything?
Because, something's up.