In her NY piece, "Monster Mash," M.Dowd criticizes Obama, saying, "You can’t be elected president unless you prove you’re tough." And for M.Dowd, this means dishing the dirt, going as negative as Hillary, putting aside Hope for Dope.
M.Dowd just doesn't get it. Americans are tired of this 'more-of-the-same.' It's the reason why for the past presidential and congressional contests, turnout has been poor, people's interest nonexistent, people's energies' extinguished. And can you blame them? What was available then? Men and women who have their souls stripped and replaced with cue cards, polls, focus groups, political strategizing, half-truths, and outright lies. The only ones who voted were those who hoped for the best but only got the worse.
So here comes Obama with a new way of doing things: why not let the people be the guide for once. Why not let the people run the campaign, manage the door to door, fill up the caucuses? Why not let the people have a hand in the policies, a hand in deciding how they want the next president affect their lives.
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