Reply #24: I think everyone should brace themselves for more "behind the scenes"

[beachmom]

Obama tonight, when asked which "wise men" he would listen to, mentioned Nunn and Lugar for foreign policy. Now, we all know darn well that Obama is not channeling either of those men in terms of foreign policy. I don't know what is going to happen, and the VP rumors strike me as not credible. I will say that Obama is smart about electoral politics, and Kerry is no slouch either. Sometimes, "behind the scenes", as inglorious as it sounds, ends up being more influential.

It may well be a downer, and the fact that it was Kerry who selected Obama to keynote in '04, may mean that I have gotten this all wrong, and some brief appearance will be apt .... but I still think we should keep our expectations low as to what role Kerry will have in the convention. As Tay said, this is for Barack Obama, and all that matters to me at this point is that everything is done to give him a major bounce that propels him to the White House.