An interesting article at The Hill about Barack Obama:

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) isn’t playing it by the book.

As other White House hopefuls for the Democratic nomination scramble to attend every major event in key primary states, Obama picks and chooses.

And while Democratic candidates court their liberal base, Obama has not been afraid to offend influential constituents in the Democratic Party.

Some have labeled Obama’s campaign as error-prone; others simply call it unconventional.

Obama will be the only Democratic presidential candidate who doesn’t attend at least one of two major state Democratic functions in the early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire this Saturday.

The reason for this is, of course, that Obama presents himself as ‘the outsider.’ If he would do what Hillay does, the way Hillary does it, he could not possibly expect of people to consider him to be ‘the outsider.’ He has to campaign differently, he has to present himself differently, he has to propose different plans, etc.

It is interesting: I hope for Obama that he does not turn off too many important Democrats / Democratic fundraisers. At the moment they are fed up with him, they will turn against him and embrace his opponents (most likely Hillary).