Will Obama do what it takes to win ?
Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 09:40:22 AM PDT
That is to win the nomination because right now it sure doesn't look like it. The Obama people are playing the game according to the "rules" organizing voters, sending out memo's on their policy disagreements, and complaining about media coverage. Meanwhile the Clinton people are successfully savaging him in the spin game, it's got to the point where many are parroting the line that it's OK for party officials with deep ties to the Clintons to figure out away to nominate Hillary. So what does team Obama do they put out a memo on how Hillary will do anything to win. When I read that I wondered do these people still have no idea what they are up against? The Clintons are brilliantly setting this up to where Obama will have no choice but to either threaten to leave the party or watch Hillary take the nomination.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/
Who's the front-runner? So, the weekend campaign between Clinton and Obama has been a discussion about a Clinton-Obama ticket, how to pay for a Florida-Michigan re-do, and the commander-in-chief question. So who's the frontrunner? Obama, at least this past week, has lost control of the campaign's narrative. The Clinton campaign is now fighting the campaign out on its turf, despite being behind a nearly an insurmountable margin on the pledged delegate front, 1373-1232. Just look at how little coverage Wyoming and Mississippi are getting and how much focus is being put on Pennsylvania, even over other big states like North Carolina. And nevermind the incredible lift the Clinton campaign continues to get from the folks at "SNL." This last opening skit might actually have been written by the Clinton campaign; it was striking in how on-message the skit was for Clinton. It was the third week in a row the comedy show has delivered for Clinton. Bottom line: the Clinton campaign appears to have wrested control of the campaign narrative, while Obama's camp continues to be in reactive mode. The Obama folks will say it's the media's fault, but as we've said to others who blame the media for these perception swings -- the media can only cover what the campaigns deliver
Unless Obama knows he has a big block of supers coming his away or a big gamechanger like Gore then it's time to start putting some serious pressure on these supers.He is campaigning for them which was ok when they were all going his way but now it's time to campaign against having to campaign for them. If supers are insulted that he does not think it's ok for them to use their independant judgement well that is a risk he is going to have to take. Right now he is making it way too easy for them to consider nominating Hillary. Use words like disenfranchising my voters and illegitimate to describe a scenerio where people like Harold Ickies decide to take away the process from voters. And please GET OVER YOURSELVES about doing what it takes to win because here's a newsflash, alot of people like that about Hillary. We know she is willing to destroy you and the party to get this nomination but to be blunt unless you are willing to do the same SHE IS GOING TO WIN!
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