Dinner with Barack

This is a fascinating video. Not for what it's in it really. No, it's just fascinating for what it is.

One of the most common refrains in politics is this - "If you could only meet him, you'd be blown away". There is a gap between a politician's public image and his personality that is so hard to bridge, something that many a campaign manager would simply love to be able to do.

This video comes as close as I've seen to achieving this, giving you a close look at what Barack Obama is like to meet.

It consists of four donors dining with the candidate and engaging in the sort of low key, slightly rambling discussion that you have. It is boring and riveting at the same time. And a breakthrough form of political communication.

If you want to watch the internet change politics, tune in.

(via Real Clear Politics)