Game On: Why Obama will defeat McCain, Rove and the Bush Legacy

[proud2BlibKansan]

It was never going to be easy. In fact, it seems to be a peculiar Democratic disease to go into the fall thinking that defeating the Republican presidential candidate -- whatever Republican presidential candidate -- amounts to a slam dunk. Thankfully, the Obama campaign, and the candidate himself, has never fallen prey to this disease.

Like Hillary's campaign, the senior leadership of the Obama campaign closely studied the 2004 campaign. But the Obama campaign began to implement the lessons it derived from 2004 from the beginning. Its goal was not to win the Democratic nomination, but to win the White House. Its analysis didn't focus on improving at the margins but on answering the question, Why has only one Democratic presidential candidate won 50% of the vote since 1968 (Jimmy Carter in 1976)? In light of their conclusions, the Obama campaign started from the outset to rectify the weaknesses they found in prior Democratic presidential campaigns.

In essence, the Obama campaign set out to radically change Democratic campaigns.

The stark reality that most Democrats are eager to deny is that Republicans start with institutional advantages. They have a 40-year headstart. While Democrats have taken enormous steps to skip generations to catch-up, we still can't say that we are there yet. Not until we've won (and, really, repeatedly won) -- not until we get 50% of the popular vote.

I want to concentrate on five areas where Republicans proved superior in 2004 and point out how the Obama campaign looks to be superior in 2008.

more . . . http://www.prairiestateblue.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4509

[WA98070]

1. We're lazy--give us the five points please.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. Too lazy to click on a link?

:rofl:

[Kablooie]

7. I'm not lazy, just moribund.

[syberyenta]

2. blah blah blah

Yeah and not until Democrats earn it, will they have it.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

3. Care to expound?

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Meaning . . .?

[cliffordu]

8. The smell of freshly turned earth and the faint stench of the undead...

[me b zola]

9. You've been here since 2005

...and for your big 17th post you chose to write blah blah blah? Does your mom know that you're up this late?

[syberyenta]

10. blah blah blah - 2.

"While Democrats have taken enormous steps to skip generations to catch-up, we still can't say that we are there yet. Not until we've won (and, really, repeatedly won) -- not until we get 50% of the popular vote."

And not until they have earned it, will they have it.

[FrenchieCat]

5. Two words!

Community organization......

[QueenOfCalifornia]

11. You know I am your friend, right?

I agree with some of what you say but I have been beaten down so often by these bastards and I also keep looking at reality - Obama has said some dumb-assed shit in the last few days..For example:
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/04/obama-surge-succeeded-beyond-wildest-dreams/
“I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated,” Obama said while refusing to retract his initial opposition to the surge. “I’ve already said it’s succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.”

He was on the fucking FOXNEWS idiotville parade and he said this.

It does not help us when he says stupid fucking shit.

He needs to understand how to combat people as loathsome as O'Reilly.

I can not help those who do not help themselves.

Oh, and please, save me from saying I am a PUMA. Not so - never happened never will. I am voting for Obama - but he needs to sew up his own fucking tent.

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. Oh I agree

I just think it's too early to go all gloom and doom on this. For one thing, some of the media is finally seeing Sarah for the lying bitch that she is. I am listening to Andrea Mitchell going off on her right now. :)

[ClayZ]

12. Great read! Great Video! Thanks! K and R