Who Will Be in the Shot?

As you know if you've been paying attention, the Obama campaign routinely selects, by race, who will be in the camera shot behind the candidate at Barack's events. Considering their concern over there being too many blacks and other minorities in the shot, is it really a good idea to move his acceptance speech to a bigger venue?

The Democratic National Convention Committee formally announced today that it will shift venues for the final day of the convention in Denver, Colo., on Aug. 28 to Invesco Field at Mile High in order to accommodate the demand to watch Barack Obama formally accept the party’s nomination.

The new venue can seat as many as 75,000, which is more than triple what the Pepsi Center, the main convention site, can accommodate.

In a normal convention center, the attendance is pretty much limited to delegates and media. Triple the number of seats, move the speech outdoors, now you have a public event. If there aren't enough minorities, Barack will take a hit. Too many, and he scares white America, already worried about his racist church.

Obama’s acceptance speech—on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech—will be historic political theater and there’s no reason to believe that Obama won’t be able to fill the seats.

Of course, he'll have no problem filling the seats. But his events are filled with kids - college kids. Is that who he's going to pack it with?

DNC Chairman Howard Dean told reporters today that the move is an “extraordinary thing” intended to open up the event more to the public.

It is extraordinary. But will it be good for the campaign, or is it trouble looking to happen? Drunken college kids... Protesters... Rowdy crowds of people who can't get in...

And at a football stadium, everyone will be in the shot.