What is Obama doing Right?

The Illinois Senator is running second in most of the reputable polls out there.  He is eating John Edwards lunch, Edwards is running a distant third according to these same polls. (Shockingly, those pricey visits to the beauty salons in various states haven’t provided the bump Edwards expected). Obama was nearly even with the H word in June but has recently dipped to “I’m also running but I’d rather hang with my girl Oprah” status. Frankly, his pro-choice, anti-war, pro-civil unions, anti-education vouchers, “big government is the best” ideals should make him the darling of the democratic set but, alas, no.

So what is this fresh faced (yes folks still fresh) young (he’s 46) man (his wife confirms this) doing right?    He’s staying the hell away from Jena.  What’s Jena?  What are you a rock? The Jena six are the black teenage media darlings who beat up a white kid and then were sentenced to death….okay that’s not exactly what happened.  See the actual details here.  Unlike (unsuccessful) black presidential candidates in the past who’ve paraded themselves before every black cause celeb Obama has shown remarkable savvy in staying out of that fight.  By this act, he proves he is bigger than the black community in Jena.  He is bigger than the black community in this country.  He might just end up being the big enough for all of us.  Keep an eye out.