Yeah, fuck me but I don't think Big Bird, binders, or Romnesia will carry the election...

[hiphopnation]

111. I hear ya

I think you spell out some legitimate, lucid, and pointed concerns about the messaging of this campaign and, frankly, this president. And it has been a problem that has dogged him consistently since this term began. Anyone remember 2010 midterm election when ever Dem in the country couldn't run away from AHCA fast enough in stead of embracing - indeed, boasting - the "progressive" reform he had delivered to the country? That was a strategy that started with the top of the ticket. I'm frequently confounded by the messaging of this candidate and his team. They allow themselves to get in the mud and the muck. I know it's Chicago-style, they want to beat Rove at his own game, and all that crap, and, while I think that kind of campaigning has its place, I agree that I don't think it can be the crux of your entire argument. "I know your frustrated, but just LOOK HOW AWFUL THE OTHER CANDIDATE IS!" is not effective campaigning. Furthermore, more than just "THIS IS WHAT I'VE DONE" it also has to be "THIS IS WHAT I WILL DO." I agree with the notion that the MSM has misrepresented the case when they say that O and his team haven't laid out a clear vision for the next four years but the reason that perception is out there, again, goes back to MESSAGING. Cherokee, I'm with you, I scratch my head at this team frequently.

BTW, I text and tweet. I think that both things can be true. I.e., campaigns are increasingly happening in shorter clips of time with social media and the web AND a campaign has to hone and perfect its over-arching message to voters. 2008 you could sum up in two words "Hope & Change." What is 2012? "Romney is awful?" We all know it's true, but is it enough for him to squeak it out? Too close for my comfort...