Then on the screen above them appeared the candidate himself, by live link from a home in Kansas City Missouri (the only fumble was when he initially said he was in St Louis) From there, seated in the company of a smiling – and very white – typical American family – he exchanged loving greetings with his wife and his daughters.
It was the image the Obama campaign wanted millions of Americans to remember – the regular father, comfortable with white working class people in the heartland, blowing kisses to his adoring family
... and "they" talk about McCain not knowing "where he's at?" I'm sure the Obama's feel just like the rest of us ... at least on camera!
