Obama’s Victory Lap

Last week the Twittersphere in Iowa was lit up with jabber from people I know who live near the former Obama campaign office in Des Moines.

“There’s a black Hummer there. I wonder what’s going on.” Then it became all too apparent. In another brilliant move, Obama is coming back to Iowa for a victory lap.

Obama’s camp is hoping that the delegate count will go over the top tonight, and while Senator Clinton will be giving her “victory” speech in Kentucky, Senator Obama will be in Iowa, where it all started, accepting the mantel of the democratic party’s nomination. It won’t be official, but it will be symbolic.

Obama is not expected to speak at tonight’s street rally until nearly 9:00 p.m. Most of the returns should be in by then. It will be most interesting to see how carefully Obama handles this speech. It’s really not in his character to gloat…and he must not do that. But he deserves the recognition. He has campaigned hard and the road is getting easier now. Good for him.

The real story is how, once again, Iowa played a major role in vetting and launching Barack Obama.

Source DemoMemo

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