Oh Bama!

Did you see Barack Obama on the Jon Stewart show recently?

I saw the rerun last night. Amazing. The question came up about narratives -- the stories that the media tell over and over. For this campaign, the narrative is that Hillary has more experience and Barack has more appeal.

Barack's response was right on. Basically he said, what people mean by someone having experience is that you trust them to make good decisions. He went on to say that Cheney and Rumsfeld had long resumes, which means lots of experience, right? But that didn't turn out to be such a good thing.

His key message of the night was that he is to be trusted to make good decisions. I commented to my husband that Barack seems genuine, real, while Hillary is a politician. "Manufactured" was his word.

Leah may have something to say about all this though. Any other reactions to experience vs. appeal?