. . .as his actual presidency rather than merely his campaign, every American as a co-participant actively giving input and making the presidency a success. (Wonder if anyone including Obama could pull that off?)

Then there's the Clintonian "so let's chat, let's have a dialogue, a conversation" which rings false to me. But maybe both of them making this a theme is of itself a sign of *something* hopeful -- if not that the candidates themselves really want it, perhaps that they are realizing voters do? I'll try not to be prematurely cynical about it then, or about either of them, despite past experience with professional con jobs and theatre types who project "natural" as what they do best in the world.