I am in utter awe of Axelrod and Plouffe.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

This, I am pretty sure, is easily the most brilliantly run campaign I've seen in my lifetime.

The strategy of this team, and the incredible incredible work done by all the workers and volunteers in implementing it, almost defies the imagination.

Just think, every ounce of that GOTV was needed in OH, FL, and VA, and was almost enough in NC.

I think this was a much harder slog than 2008 because there was no anti-Bush wave to ride, and a difficult economy, and record amounts of GOP cash.

Every battleground won but NC. It is an awesome achievement, especially under the circumstances.

For those of you who worked, called, knocked doors, you are the entire difference (aside from the candidates, heh), and were worth more than hundreds of millions of shitty SuperPAC dollars. Thank you.

[demlion]

1. Throw Cutter into that mix

[Barack_America]

5. And the Big Dawg.

And a mention to James Carter, III.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

15. Best campaign surrogate EVER. If Hillary runs in 2016,

Obama better campaign his ASS off for her after everything Bill did during this campaign and the outstanding job she's done as SoS.

[robinlynne]

32. agreed, and I was very not Hillary when she ran. She has been wonderful in so many ways.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

33. With Bill and Barack campaigning for her, and if she could inherit some of Ax/Plouffe braintrust...

Their methods and knowledge. THAT would be a formidable campaign team indeed.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

12. Yeah. When I saw her smile while she was talking during the early returns,

I knew we had this shit on lockdown.

[Pachamama]

22. I like her....

[dsc]

2. To have been even close in NC was a miracle

we won here by 13k votes in 2008 and the unemployment rate is among the worst in the country. Add in a local party which imploded and it is amazing we came so close.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

3. Axelrod is the unsung hero. He's a stone cold killer!

[Barack_America]

6. An analytical genius. nt

[speedoo]

4. The entire team is fearsome.

Obama just paid them a great, well deserved tribute.

[Surya Gayatri]

11. And the audience gave almost as loud applause to them as to the Pres. himself!

[TwilightGardener]

7. I agree.

[susanna]

8. I agree.

The sense they had about so many things turned out dead on right. I respect this team more than any ever...

[Third Doctor]

9. They certainly kicked ass tonight for sure.

[Cha]

10. Thanks Mayberry! As Axe said a bit ago..

"we'll see who was right" when each side was projecting their WIN!

So Many Peeps to Thank FOR this Election..not in the Least those who stood in Line for Hours to VOTE For our Prez!


William Wright and India Johnson wait in line to vote at Larchmont Elementary School in Norfolk, Va. on Tuesday. Wright and Johnson, both from Richmond, were excited to cast their first votes in the Presidential election

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1732163

http://theobamadiary.com/

[Egnever]

18. Yes! These folks amaze me too

I am in their debt forever.

[Cha]

19. ..

Eg

[Lucinda]

23. +1

[AtomicKitten]

24. They did the hard work and I remain in their debt.

[ohheckyeah]

13. Absolutely and a

HUGE thank you to President Clinton! And we can't forget, Joe Biden who turned this thing around!

[Cognitive_Resonance]

14. A-team professionals all the way. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Best political team in existence

And I look forward to Joe Scumborough's new mustache (even though Mika would think it was "blech&quot !

[Egnever]

17. Well said

Couldn't agree more.

These guys had this thing figured out down to how many houses on each block they needed to get out. Just amazing.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

20. There are a number of young people on another message board I'm on who were NoVa volunteers.

As Election Day approached, they assured the rest of us that the ground game was like nothing ever seen, massively better than anything Romney had going, and they themselves were in awe that every Obama voter had been called/knocked like 3-4 times over, the thing was so supersaturated, they were all going to turn out, get breakfast in bed and a ride to the poll (exaggerating a bit).

Those assurances gave me comfort that even with even-ish polls we would win through superior ground game, but seeing the results I'm astounded that we won in all those states and needed every little bit of that work. Those young people made all the difference.

It's an incredible achievement that I'm still marveling at.

[Patiod]

28. Our local GOTV was astounding

During the first Clinton election, when a volunteer walked in the door, no one quite knew what to do with them.

I walked in off the street this year to canvas for Obama, and was back in my car in 15 minutes - signed in, trained, equipped with lists, maps, clipboard, pen, water and a snack, and was told in sweet but firm tones not to come back until the packet was finished, but to get it back by 5.

When I returned, the packet was being entered into the computer before I was out the door.

Ruthlessly efficient.

[tallahasseedem]

29. I saw a canvasser out when I was leaving...

work in NE Philly at 4:30pm. He was on a mission. He went around the corner before I had a chance to shout out a "thank you!"

I am in awe!

[Patiod]

31. God bless those folks who worked up until the last minute

I stayed at the poll the whole day, handing out sample Dem ballots, but I doubt it swayed anyone.

I do know that if we WEREN'T there, however, the Republicans would be up to Shenanigans.

[a kennedy]

21. ditto this....

GOBAMA, GOBAMA, GOBAMA

[adieu]

25. It only could have worked

With a candidate like Obama. It needed a populous candidate who was willing to address the needs of the 100%. Yes, even the 1% will benefit from Obama's re-election.

Axelrod and Plouffe could not have done this for Romney or any old GOP tripe. It only worked because they had a product that is viable.

But nonetheless, congrats to A and P for making it happen.

[GetTheRightVote]

26. This is the only type of street walking...

I have ever done, lol, and it was worth it all!!!

[99th_Monkey]

27. I was totally amazed & utterly impressed at how Team Obama would hit back..BAM!

Every time Rmoney's latest bold-faced lie would hit a news cycle, the Obama
campaign came right back -- sometimes within a just few hours -- with a
hard-hitting powerful rebuttal, often to the point where the Rmoney campaign
probably wished they'd not even raised the issue (whatever issues it was ,
jeeps, China, you name it).

That kind of message control is what it takes, and what neither the Kerry nor
Gore campaigns ever seemed to have going for them.

[glinda]

30. Would have loved to listen to their conversations all along the way.