MIA

In our reader blogs, TPM Reader GC has a post up entitled “Where is Barack Obama” which he kicks off by writing “These last few weeks, he seems to be missing. Not literally, but his presence in the national dialogue has receded.” As I wrote in the comments section, that’s been my sense too. His voice seems silent and has for a few weeks. Of course, he’s out in the field campaigning, not focusing on national media and catering to political junkies around the country. But what I really think this is is that he’s not controlling the agenda. Hillary’s controlling the agenda, defining the race at the moment. And that’s made him recede into the background, even as he’s a constant topic of conversation.