On Nov 5, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: > He campaigned in many new an > interesting ways (infomercial.
You'll have to imagine the texas drawl... "As you'll see here on my flipchart, that giant sucking sound is the economy, stupid." Ross Perot, 1992...the big infomercial, not so new) > iphone app.) That was new, but overall you're right, Obama's team ran a highly motivated, highly professional and deeply well-organized campaign. They did a lot of innovation out at the volunteer level that decentralized a lot of the campaign, and did it in such a way that the skeleton of that volunteer force is still in place. They'll have the opportunity to build that organization back up pretty rapidly, I think, in 2010 in support of the midterm elections, as well as state and local races. A lot of folks got involved in democratic politics this time around, and that energy was harnessed really well. Howard Dean's 50-State strategy set the stage. It got party money out to places that hadn't seen it in years and it showed, both in 2006 and this year. It didn't hurt at all that he kept a calm, unflappable demeanor thoughout the election, because it made him look SO much better than the opposition who just kept getting crazier and crazier. I HAVE to believe that McCain's campaign staff just paid not attention the the Democratic primaries at all, because they consistently tried to do the same things that had failed against Obama in the primaries. The right-wingnuttia may be sputtering about McCain not bringing up Wright, but only people with an attention span shorter than a gerbil on meth would have fallen for that. Back in this spring it was "All Wright All the Time" on all the MSM. The whole 'SOCIALIST!!!1!!' thing was a dud in the end, and that 'Bankrupting the Coal PLants' thing was farcical. Anyone who did ANY looking into that interview discovered that Obama was talking about an eventual effect of the cap and trade system that he and McCain WERE IN AGREEMENT ON, that a C&T system guides market forces to doing the right thing, which is reducing CO2 emissions. And he's right. If you were to build an automotive plant today, with 1930's technology and practices, you would go bankrupt, too! It made the McCain camp look like a bunch of bozos, and we're deeply, deeply tired of incompetent people in the White House. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
