Till the
last week or so, the Romney campaign has been
praised for its calm, discipline, and professionalism, but when one adopts a
wider, organizational, perspective, it is clear that the main components of the Obama campaign are much more integrated, centralized and controlled than the more sprawling assemblage of different aligned and often well - resourced, but ultimately independent, groups backing the Republican nominee — not unlike the difference between the Bush and Kerry campaigns in 2004, in fact.