Obama: Big profile day

Lots of news organizations kicked off convention week with Obama retrospectives. Bloomberg News looks at Obama's "coolness" what he needs to do. "For the Illinois senator, cool can be complicated. It helps him maintain composure as he bursts through the barriers of race and politics; it also creates about him an aura of detachment. It fuels his boldness as well as his caution, the inspiration and the calculation, the intelligence and the ambition that will make him this week the first black presidential nominee of a major U.S. party." More: "Obama so far has picked his battles carefully, choosing most often to focus on winning converts. ‘One of the dangers here is that in the effort to constantly adjust his position, people then begin to wonder where his bottom line is,'’ says Leon  Panetta, President Clinton's former chief of staff. ‘He's got to show that he's got a bottom line and that he's willing to fight for it.’” Also, check out this endorsement to someone who came from the Jim ... (link)