I did my Ph.D. (abd) research on the shadow of spiritual groups. Narcissism is at the center of cult mentality. Having buried our own souls in this culture, we gravitate toward someone who will share a little of their own narcissistic power and not expose the lie that we are hollow. Narcissism, by the definition I have come to use, is having been made to feel ashamed of having a soul. The poor remind us that we have souls, so real engagement with that issue is far too painful. Hence $100 a head to see Obama speak. No poor people in sight. But he has that covered because he worked with the poor in Chicago. The story and the myth is enough. Like how on Nip Tuck, the astute over the top TV show about two plastic surgeons, the fabulously wealthy and successful agents seduce celebrities into signing with them by taking afternoon junkets to rebuild a house in New Orleans. This kind of propaganda could be used against Edwards, except he really connects with the poor. He talks to them and lets them know to their face that they matter. There is nothing abstract about it. That's why celebs are much more comfortable lining up behind Obama, until they go through some kind of awakening where they are no longer cut off from their souls.

Oh well. It's Sunday morning after all.