He’s in a tough position. Flim-flam men are usually able to be out of the room by the time you figure out the scam. That’s why he’s successful as a street organizer. When they have to explain the inner workings of the magic box that turns lead into gold, and why they’re selling the box instead of just using it themselves they start sweating.
He did this at colleges, at Harvard Law review, in Chicago, in the state senate, in the US senate.
Now he's got to sit in one place for 4 long years and everyone is going to stare at him and say, "So. What have you got?"