At 3:59 PM -0700 11/5/08, Bruce Johnson said: >On Nov 5, 2008, at 2:23 PM, Mark wrote:
>> Heck, even the college Republicans didn't even try to recruit..... >> The party's complete dismissal of Ron Paul was a huge mistake. He was heavily represented here, at least in signage. >The "Big Tent" was a complete sham this year around. This was the >"Year of the Angry Republican Base". amazingly angry, and still are, apparently. I was wearing an Obama button today and the cashier at Lowe's grinned at me as she handed over my change, then held out a photo of her granddaughter and said "Take a good look, she's going to be president someday." The guy behind me in line said "democrats!" dropped his purchases on the floor and stormed out. I hope things cool down as folks wrap their heads around the reality. <snip > >Reports are that Obama is asking Rahm Emmanuel to be his COS. Rahm is >a serious, SERIOUS political infighter. I'm not so sure about the >wisdom here, as Rahm is emblematic of the old DC-centered DLC bunch >that lost several big elections in a row for the Dems, until the >Deaniacs took over the party, but there's little doubt that he's a >probably a good 'wartime consigliere' for serious battles with >Congress; which there are going to be. Thought I'd chime in on this with a slightly closer perspective - Obama will really need a savvy infighter for COS, and I hope Rahm is serious enough, 'cause that's going to be one tightrope-balancing role this time. One thing folks never understand about DC is that things do not function if you don't keep some of the folks around who know where the bodies are buried. For example - Marion Barry kept getting re-elected despite the crack video footage, because the hard truth was that he was the only one who could get the garbage picked up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Barry I found this article about the transition interesting: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081105/ap_on_el_pr/obama "Several Democrats described a sprawling operation well under way. Officials had kept deliberations under wraps to avoid the appearance of overconfidence in the weeks leading to Tuesday's election. " Judging from the way the campaign was organized, there's no doubt that a great deal of planning has already been in the works. It'll be interesting to see if the same high level of communication, smooth cooperation and flexible adaptability continues through the transition. -- Mugsy<http://www.macgeekofdogtown.com>"Whacko's everywhere, plague and destruction." - Jeffrey Goines --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
