This Seat is Taken

Now it's his turn.

Even as the GOPer convention was ending, it was President Obama who had the most re-tweeted tweet of that convention, just after the Clint Eastwood performance: the photo above, with the caption "This seat is taken."

 Campaigning in the days leading up to the Dem convention in Charlotte, Obama's crowds are getting bigger and he's getting sharper.  On Sunday it was clear that the Dems aren't going to let Romneyryan define the Medicare debate.  VP Biden put it simply, "We're for Medicare.  They're for vouchercare."

President Obama had his own take in Boulder: "You know, he calls it Obamacare. I like the name. I do care. .... I don't know exactly what the other side is proposing; I guess you could call it 'Romney doesn't care.' But this law is here to stay."

Meanwhile, Political Wire has provided an intriguing statement from a Wall St. Journal article.  I don't know how credible it is, but...

The Wall Street Journal says President Obama "has fundamentally shifted his view of modern presidential power" and "is now convinced the most essential part of his job, given politically divided Washington, is rallying public opinion to his side. As a result, if he wins a second term, Mr. Obama plans to remain in campaign mode."

"The president views a second term in some ways as a second chance, an opportunity to approach the office differently... He would like to tackle issues such as climate change, immigration, education and filibuster reform."