Part II: Obama Roadmap to the White House

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Tuesday June 17, 2008 · 9:48 AM PDT

2008/06/17 · 09:48

The Candidate-Nominee Crossover
The first article in this series described how some of the most astute political observers were "blindsided by Hope" and Barack Obama’s historic victory, convinced America would continue to be ruled by Freak Show politics. Eleven organizational principles guided Obama’s campaign for the nomination, which relied heavily on grass roots and community organizing tactics. The successful "early states" strategy provided enough momentum to carry Obama over the finish line, a race he won by the only measure that counted: delegates.

This article offers a candid assessment of the campaign’s challenges as Obama goes from being a candidate to the nominee. Obama will adapt his management approach to the general election campaign, internalizing electoral strategy as an important part of the corporate culture. The internal challenge is melding a grass roots movement with the Democratic Party establishment and limiting expenditures on paid political ads and services. The external challenge is to avoid inevitable

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Friday June 13, 2008 · 8:12 AM PDT

2008/06/13 · 08:12

On January 12, I posted "It's The War Economy, Stupid!", which argued that our economic meltdown was directly related to the war in Iraq. Back then I tried to explain that the sub-prime mortgage crisis was but the leading edge of a much broader problem with the credit markets, aggravated if not precipitated by the fact America had gone to war after cutting taxes and without making provisions to raise revenue to finance our foreign adventure. It gave me no satisfaction (nor did I get any credit) when the editors of The Nation published a similar article two months later making much the same points as I had that was entitled... that's right: "It's the War Economy, Stupid!"

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Thursday June 05, 2008 · 2:26 PM PDT

2008/06/05 · 14:26

Like the rest of us, Barack Obama learned from the media that Hillary Clinton will announce the suspension of her campaign for the Democratic Party's nomination for President this Saturday. And while there is all sorts of gossip about what will happen next, for now the drama continues.

Just last week, Bill Clinton complained that he'd "never seen a candidate treated so disrespectfully just for running." Well look again, Bill. Because your wife just succeeded in performing a 10-point-perfect double-dis against Barack Obama. First she stiff-armed his historic claim to the party's nomination with her "victory" speech on Tuesday night. Then the next day she ignores the most basic courtesy of telling her party's nominee she is dropping out of the race. She even passed up the opportunity to do so in person at the AIPAC conference. What a class act!

All's not well in Hillarywood.

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Monday December 31, 2007 · 10:24 PM PST

2007/12/31 · 22:24

Where Have You Been?

On December 21, the Huffington Post published an article by former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson entitled "The Real Hillary I Know - and the Unreal Obama". In the article, which promoted Hillary Clinton's candidacy, Wilson associated himself with Wes Clark and Dick Holbrooke as early opponents of the Iraq War. He also made denigrating comments about Senator Barack Obama.

One can only guess why Joe Wilson would write such a provocative article. And while they also back Hillary Clinton, why have Clark and Holbrooke not publicly distanced themselves from Joe's characterization of Obama?

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Thursday December 20, 2007 · 11:07 AM PST

2007/12/20 · 11:07

Until now, the Chicago Sun Times was set to win the Hillary Shill Race among mass media outlets during the primary campaign. It looked like Lynn Sweet iced the cake for the CST with her Hope Fund "revelations", published shortly after she had baked an earlier "expose" on Obama Transparency last month. And while she could honestly deny a mean-spirited accusation that the latter was wrtitten for her by someone else, she did not respond when asked what outside help she enjoyed in gathering this information.

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Tuesday December 11, 2007 · 10:38 PM PST

2007/12/11 · 22:38

The Iowa Secretary of State has clear rules for voting by out of state students, which form the basis for their eligibility to participate in the January 3 caucus:

Non-Iowa Resident Attending College In Iowa

If you are from another state (i.e. Illinois) and are attending college in Iowa (i.e. Iowa State University), you may register to vote in:

your Iowa college town or
your home state (hometown) and vote absentee
(You cannot register to vote in both locations)

But some presidential campaigns are suggesting additional standards (i.e., in-state vs. out-of-state tuition) not expressly established by the Secretary of State, should be applied. And columnist David Yepsen has further clouded the issue by lumping the discussion of "Iowa students" with non-student issues, such as campaign staff and outright fraud by out-of-state supporters.

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Are College Voters Enfranchised by Iowa Being Intimidated?

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Are College Voters Enfranchised by Iowa Being Intimidated?

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Part II: Obama Roadmap to the White House

It's The War Economy, Stupid! Redux - Truth About Taxes

Clinton's Sequel to the Willing Suspension of Disbelief

Joe Wilson Missed the Memo

NYTimes Takes the Lead in Shill Race

Are College Voters Enfranchised by Iowa Being Intimidated?