In his Wonder Land column (WSJ.com - subscription required), the insightful Dan Henninger concisely, and I believe accurately, sets the stage for the drama of the upcoming election:
My friends, Sen. Obama is very eloquent, but he is also going to be very, very expensive. It may turn out that an angry, inflation-pressed America just wants to vote for an aura. Feel free, so to speak. John McCain’s job will be to explain the price of voting for eloquence.