I am watching non-stop coverage of the DNC today and this is what I hear, paraphrased and condensed:
*Obama is too popular, too many people at his events (Germany).
**Coloumns on stage suggests godhood.
*Biden is speaking tonight, but most people anticipate Bill Clinton's speech.
**What about those columns?
*Obama has a problem with Hipanic outreach.
**Hey, those columns, are they Greek or what?
*Obama has trouble connecting with working folk.
**What about those crowds & that stage? (read columns!)
All this in less than an hour! The only saving grace of that hour was Richard Dreyfuss who, with his scathing opinion, toppled a few columns himself; only these columns were on the White House. It is possible that is why columns were chosen for the stage tonight, if they turn out to be columns. Perhaps they wish to invoke the image of Obama in that place.