Political entrepreneurship

Barack Obama points to the link:

I asked him directly last year why a voter should back someone who has never run anything bigger than a legislative office. He responded by pointing to his nascent campaign. He observed out that he was up against the full Clinton establishment, all the chits she and her husband had acquired over the years, and the apparatus they had constructed within the party. He had to build a national campaign from scratch, raise money, staff an extremely complex electoral map, and make key decisions on spending and travel. He asked me to judge his executive skills by observing how he was managing a campaign.

BLUE STATE PICK-UP EXTRA:

In the NYC subway system, the L train is known as the "Love train"--a popular route for young professionals going to and from Brooklyn, it's a hub for twenty-something pick-ups. Other trains--not so much, as the commuter omerta dictates that riders keep to themselves.

But the other day on the 6 I saw a guy who'd hacked the system. Mid-twenty-something bearded white granola type, not exactly fit, yet women were approaching him, and he was workin' it.

His flawless technique: wearing an Obama button and conspicuously holding up a copy of Dreams from My Father.

The flow: earnest politics, name exchange, bonding over life deets, leaving the train together.

Declaring for Obama: it's The Game for wonks!