Obama Blows Nose, Draws Cheers

I was telling someone at work the other day that liberals are so shallow, all B.O. would have to do is jingle his keys and they'd applaud. Apparently, it doesn't take even that much.

DALLAS – It's probably safe to say that you have arrived as a politician when your audience applauds when you blow your nose.

Yes, just a day before a debate in Texas, Sen. Barack Obama has a head cold.

And about a half-hour into a speech here, the Illinois Democrat announced that he had to take a quick break. "Gotta blow my nose here for a second," Obama said.

Out came a Kleenex (or perhaps it was a hankie), and he wiped his nose.

The near-capacity audience at the Reunion Arena, which his campaign said totaled 17,000, broke out in a slightly awkward applause.

Didn't sound slightly awkward to me. Some of them were actually cheering. But what ended up in that hanky is more substance than he's ever given on the campaign trail.