Could this be a moment of clarity or simply a slip? The candidates being props is somewhat common knowledge here but seldom are the words spoken like this.

[link to www.theblaze.com]

"I was backstage with David Plouffe — some of you guys know he’s, you know, sort of a mastermind of campaign organization. We were talking about how, as the campaign goes on, we become less relevant,” Obama said during a rally in Bristow, Va. “I’m sort of a prop in the campaign. He’s just bothering a bunch of folks calling, asking what’s going on. You know but the power, the power’s not with us anymore."