Thoughts welcomed as to whether or not you think I am on the right track.
I believe that the fundamental failure of President Obama's first year in office has been ineffective/incorrect/confused messaging and failure to make people fear him. What can he do to regain the 70% approval that he had in January of 2009 or at least Clinton good time approval ratings? I think the #1 thing he should do is go on a merciless attack campaign against those disgusting bastards who call themselves Republicans. Remember January 26th or 27th, 1998, when Star first brought forward the Monica allegations? James Carville went on MTP the first Sunday after and launched a vicious attack on Ken Starr and literally said "This means war." The W.H. tore into Starr and destroyed him, ate him for lunch. Indeed, President Clinton even said "I ate these guys for lunch and spit them out." Carville's war room in 1992 against Shrub 1 was just as effective. So, President Obama needs to go to WAR against these miserable bastards. The ones that question his birth certificate, who claim that he's a muslim, who call him "the magic negro", who "want him to fail." The other side is fighting a nuclear war against him. It's time he goes nuclear on them. How can he do this. Well, by the below:
- Remind the voters each and every day that it was the Bush administration that created the problems faced by regular Americans. Attack the republican hypocrisy on deficit spending and job creation by challenging the Bush admninistration record on that front. Call the bastards out about deficit spending by reminding them that it is THEY that created the deficit and the economic crisis.
- He can say "Mr. Boehner, where were your economic principles when you voted for the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and an illegal war. Your record of betrayal to the American people has not been forgotten."
- Release any scandalous info that he has on what really went on during the Bush years regarding illegal wiretapping, the WMD lies, etc.
- Attack that asshole who Biden took over from as relentlessy as he attacks you. Expose him for who he is.
That is what he should do above all. Go to war the same way the Clinton W.H. went to war against Starr. Make the republicans RUE the day that they took on Barack H. Obama. I would use a signiifcant portion of the S.O.T.U on Wednesday to outline to the American people the crimes of the GOP and make it clear that he is fighting to recftify these crimes while they do nothing but try to destroy him.
Then, he should turn to his congressional agenda. Get as much passed of the campaign items that he ran on using reconciliation and other measures as soon as possible. Those measures that can't get passed because the GOP is fillibustering should be wrapped around the GOP's neck like a noose in November. Run campaign ads against those smug bastards for opposing incredibly popular initiatives.
The last thing I would suggest is something that he seems to be beginning to do. Let Wall Street know that its free ride is over. Fight to the death for effective, strong and severe financial regulations. Listen to Volcker over Geitner. Fight for a strong jobs bill that will harness the new Green economy.
At this point, however, I think policy should be secondary to launching a war against the lies that the GOP has spread for over a year from death panels on HCR to doing nothing to resolve the economic crisis. Once the GOP is put in its place, then policy should become easier to enact. I would suggest that he also activate OFA to destroy the republicans as well.
It's clear that no meaningful policy reform can be passed in this country as long as the GOP is running amuk. Destroying them first is the path to achieve our agenda.
I know of no good democrat that won't relish destroying thees guys after all they've done to us from Cleland to Gore to Kerry.