Once upon a time, Barack Obama had the world at his feet.  Tens of thousands of adoring people would come to see him, and often women would react to him as teens once reacted to Frank Sinatra, by fainting away in his presence.  Now, though, not so much.  Obama is stumping for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and the magic is gone.  Nowadays, Obama is drawing crowds that number in only the tens and maybe the hundreds. Before Trump and his mega (and MAGA) rallies, there was Barack Obama circa 2008.  Back then, he was a rock star.  In June 2008, when Obama knew that he was going to be the Democrats' presidential candidate, he famously announced that his nomination "was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow, and our planet began to heal." At a Portland rally in July, approximately 75,000 people came to see Obama speak.  Obama got an even better reception that same July,...(Read Full Post)