Obama is too vain, too egotistical, or so says the newest line of attack against him. It may be true, but politically, this isn't going to work. Unless Obama has a public moment of vanity that the voting masses can latch onto (like, it surfaces that he owns 63 vanity mirrors, or the press catches him staring into makeup compact for several minutes), it's simply too abstract. Jumping on one episode, Krauthammer sounds like an angry high school football coach: "What Obama does not seem to understand is that the Brandenburg Gate is something you earn." Maybe it was presumptuous of Obama, but how many people know what Brandenburg Gate is? Two percent of voters? (Also, strictly speaking, is it really something you earn? Who judges it? Is it like a merit badge in Boy Scouts?)
Likewise, Joan Vennochi slams Obama for moving his acceptance speech at the convention to a 75,000-seat stadium, seeing it as a sign of narcissism. Maybe it is (though that seems debatable), but is that the kind of detail that will cause anyone to reject Obama? More likely, those who notice that Obama had some 50,000 more people watching his speech than did McCain will incline toward the Illinois senator. Call it bandwagon politics.
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