Quietly, Obama Campaign Calls In The Cavalry

[wilt the stilt]

Source: The Atlantic

There's been a spurt of 527 activity on behalf of Sen. John McCain, but Barack Obama campaign has suddenly gone silent on the subject.

That's because, after a year of telling donors not to contribute to 527 groups, of encouraging strategists not to form them and of suggesting that outside messaging efforts would not be welcome in Obama's Democratic Party, Obama's strategists have changed their approach.

An Obama adviser privy to the campaign's internal thinking on the matter says that,with less than two months before the election and with the realization that Republicans have achieved financial parity with Democrats, they hope that Democratic allies -- what another campaign aide termed "the cavalry" -- will come to Obama's aid.

The Obama campaign can't ask donors to form outside groups; it can only communicate, through the public and the media, with body language, tells and hints.

The upshot: Obama's campaign will no longer object to independent efforts that hammer John McCain, just as, in their mind, the McCain campaign has not objected to those efforts targeted at Obama. "I assume with their 527s stirring, some ones will as well," another senior campaign official said.

Read more: http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/quietly_obama_campaign_flashes.php

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We need the Calvary to help us. Let's tell the truth

[silex]

1. Get Set...Go!!!

:kick:

[liberal N proud]

2. Good!

We need somone who can dish it out!

[meowomon]

3. Oh Yeh!

Bring them out! Guns a blazin!

[Maineman]

4. This is no time to turn the other cheek

[mrJJ]

5. www.opensecrets.org

http://www.opensecrets.org/527s/index.php

Which way do they tilt?

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php?order=A

[marauding liberal]

6. About damn time. Did we learn nothing in '00, '04?

[greyghost]

7. Unlease the hounds!

[Tutankhamun]

8. McCorpse/Poontang are such easy targets for 527 type ads.

It would be a crime NOT to go after them with 527s. Nobody knows for sure how effective 527s can be if they attack with the truth. They're incredibly effective using plain old bullshit. It will be fun to see if they're more efective or less effective when they use the truth.

It will be fun to watch!

[stark6935]

9. k,r,&donate.

[depakid]

10. "Obama's campaign will no longer object to independent efforts that hammer John McCain"

Better late than never, though it's MUCH harder to redefine the candidate than it would have been to have defined the candidate in the fist place.

In many people's minds, the McCain narrative has already been formed and reinforced (all too often by the Obama campaign itself) throughout the summer.

Perhaps this time around, a late season shift will work, seeing as how many oxen will be gored should the Republicans win.

[vademocrat]

11. DFA is asking for votes about running one with a fellow POW -

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/activities/votenow

[msanthrope]

12. "Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Dogs of War"...n/t

[bemildred]

13. Oh bullshit. nt

[AndyTiedye]

14. Can We Make a New "Daisy" Ad Now?

If you are going to go on the attack, look to the masters.
The most effective attack ad ever made was the "Daisy" ad
that was run against Goldwater in 1964.

The original "Daisy" ad is on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKs-bTL-pRg


McCain's temper is a legitimate issue and a very serious one.

[DeepModem Mom]

15. K&R!

[silverlil]

17. And Senator Obama

must start attacking like he is a white man. It is down to race pure and simple.

[ryanmuegge]

16. Attack the living shit out of them or lose. Those are our choices.