Hip Waders vs. Lava Lamps? Obama: Come to Lake Herman Now!

Professor Blanchard offers the metaphor -- or dare I say synecdoche? -- of the morning to explain the disparity in Senator Obama's tallies in the primaries:

This is the problem that the Democrats face. Their party is divided between hip waders and lava lamps. When some who appeals to the hip waders gets nominated, the lava lamps fall into line. But it doesn't necessarily work in reverse. We might be about to watch the Party of Jefferson once again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory [Ken Blanchard, "Oregon & Kentucky, Hippies & Hillbillies," South Dakota Politics, 2008.05.21].

Heck, I've been saying since April that Obama needs to come to Lake Herman and go fishing:

Obama in waders holding up a stringer of walleye -- boom! That's an automatic ten-point boost for Obama in the South Dakota vote! [CAH, "Obama First in South Dakota Again," Madville Times, 2008.04.11]

Of course, when Senator Obama comes to Lake Herman, he'll meet plenty of folks like myself and Gerry Lange who might well be categorized as hippies with hip waders, a phenomenon I'm still struggling to explain within Dr. Blanchard's paradigm.