NY Times: Obama's campaign "seems to teeter on becoming a cult of personality"

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4448390, NY Times: Obama's campaign "seems to teeter on becoming a cult of personality"
Posted by bidenista on Wed Feb-06-08 08:40 PM

Obama's campaign's behavior raises eyebrows at the New York Times:



Editorial
Divided They Run
Published: February 6, 2008

...Having run on the idea of broad participation across society’s divisions, Mr. Obama’s campaign often seems to teeter on becoming a cult of personality — a feeling that the candidate and those around him do nothing to dispel. In an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America,” on Monday, Mr. Obama’s wife, Michelle, was asked if she would work to support Mrs. Clinton if she won. “I’d have to think about that,” she replied.

Mrs. Obama quickly got back on her talking points, stressing party unity. But her unguarded answer was similar to what we heard from Obama supporters in e-mail messages that we received after endorsing Mrs. Clinton. Many of those readers said they would not bother to vote if Mr. Obama lost the nomination. That is not the way democracy is supposed to work....

More: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/opinion/06wed1.html?bl&ex=1202446800&en=57f51ea44755452d&ei=5087%0A