no party ever wins really
its all about one party fucking up enough so the people turn to the other side saying it can't be any worse
and over the long haul we getting more of the same big government that gives the average joe the shaft
we are a one party system of big government
The credit crisis was a very strong variable, but not the only one. There is an absolute correlation between Obama rising in the polls and the news of the credit crisis.
Before the collapse of Shearson Lehman, McCain was actually leading. Two days later he's trailing. Through in AGI & the bailout and there was about a ten point swing in ten days of polling.
Now the McCain lead was only two at the time, and Obama may very well still have won.
Rob, compare and contrast the words you cited to
Robert Gibbs, David Plouffe, & David Axelrod. This was hands down the best campaign ever deployed in American politics.
Do you understand the difference? Your accusations are once again way off base. No surprise though, pointing out stupid ass kool-aid drinking hyperbole is not being a sore loser.
Amazinghno:
Seriously Willie, my explanation is still Kool-Aid? This strategy pulled off the unthinkable. A freshman senator knocking down the Clinton machine and the seasoned GOP? No way man. Not in the least bit.
Correct me if I misinterpreted you.
3peat, I responded to your revision already, It's a fair statement. The quote you cited was a response to funkster who was calling me a sore loser.
I thought keeping the McCain campaign on the constant chase was awesome. They fought on 3 battle fronts. Deeply staffed field offices in battle ground states, Biden, Obama, and Michelle covering the entire country all at once, and blast canvasing the media (TV, radio, and internet).
I thought it was brilliant that in October Obama never released where he would visit until 24 hours before they'd land. (in some cases sooner). It kept the McCain campaign on his heels. Notice by the end of October into November, McCain and Palin were chasing Obama up and down the eastcoast and the industrial belt? They'd end up in states TOGETHER that Barack, Biden or Michelle just left. It was as if McCain was putting out fires that Obama started rather than just spreading their own message.
Then when McCain brought on Joe the Plumber I kinda had the feeling the their campaign was reaching for straws at that point.
I think he ran a smooth general election campaign but in terms of what was more impressive...give me the primary. I feel they had larger margin of error in the general just because of the political shift the country was in and they had the wind at their back.
He essentially bankrupt and beat a former president's political machine. There was just much more to overcome in the primary and I think this is where your registration/gotv efforts can really be seen as there is a greater number of people that don't turn out for primaries.
Sure, I won't deny the momentum we had in the closing weeks of the general. As far as the primaries, definitely. I myself saw it as a tighter race only because it went so friggin deep in the process. then again what do you expect? A woman vs a minority candidate. It was a primary season for the ages. From contesting, to then at one point dividing, to the end Clinton accepting loss and thus healing. That shit was gutwrentching in my eyes. You knew she felt this was her election and Obama was just some noise to be made until SuperTuesday.
McCain ran a campaign straight out of the 1980s
Obama ran a campaign for the 21st century - notably his use of the internet for it's most practical application - that of quickly and smoothly uniting huge numbers of people in different physical/geographic locations.
By and large, the Repubs nationwide operated off a time honored method of "individual cells" working at local and at best, state levels between the hours of 9am-9pm
Meanwhile, Obama was mobilizing thousands across interstate lines with a single coordinated blast of information, funding requests and encouraging news literally 24/7
The Republicans will of course have plenty of opportunity to regain their lost footholds at the national level. But not until they abandon the use of candidates born prior to WWII who quite literally do not know how to operate a PC
Obama ran a campaign for the 21st century - notably his use of the internet for it's most practical application - that of quickly and smoothly uniting huge numbers of people in different physical/geographic locations.
By and large, the Repubs nationwide operated off a time honored method of "individual cells" working at local and at best, state levels between the hours of 9am-9pm
Meanwhile, Obama was mobilizing thousands across interstate lines with a single coordinated blast of information, funding requests and encouraging news literally 24/7
The Republicans will of course have plenty of opportunity to regain their lost footholds at the national level. But not until they abandon the use of candidates born prior to WWII who quite literally do not know how to operate a PC
