NPR: Obama to Speak from Columned Stage

Obama to Speak from Columned Stage

Salon's War Room derides the Obama camp's Greek temple-style design for the candidate's nomination acceptance speech tomorrow at Invesco Mile High stadium, calling it ammunition for more McCain attacks on Obama's presumptuousness. The post speculates on one potential association:

The set is actually pretty reminiscent of the style used by Trinity Broadcasting, a Christian network. So maybe this is an attempt to draw in evangelicals, something the Obama campaign (and Democrats generally) has been trying really hard to do. But even if that's the case, the set design still seems like a very bad idea.

Meanwhile...a wise friend of Vox Politics points out another columned structure the Obama folks might be trying to evoke on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech...

What do you think? Too much?

-- Evie Stone

2:44 PM ET | 08-27-2008 | permalink

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What's too much is all the thought & comments going into every little thing. I think the style is subtle and just fine. If they'd done something else, someone else would've picked that design apart.

Sent by Cindy Stanford | 4:04 PM ET | 08-27-2008

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