The Barack Obama Campaign Superteam.

[3peet]

These guys who flank President Barack Obama (Damn that has a nice ring to it.) have forever shaped the way campaigns are to be run from today on out.

Robert Gibbs, David Plouffe, & David Axelrod. This was hands down the best campaign ever deployed in American politics.

 

[Willie99]

3peat, a little less sugar there dude

not sure they actually created the credit crisis, but I could be wrong

 

[PowerPlayPicks]

I firmly agree Axlerod, Plouffe and Burton DOMINATED the CLINTONS and Poor wittle John McCain and his sexy slut Sawah Pawin.%^_

 

[fletchisrhsm]

:nohead: AS IF.


You have one person to thank for this and its not anyone on OBs team.

 

[GasMan]

3peat, a little less sugar there dude

not sure they actually created the credit crisis, but I could be wrong

LMFAO Willie!!! :lol:

 

[GasMan]

:nohead: AS IF.


You have one person to thank for this and its not anyone on OBs team.

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[RobFunk]

Good stuff. I was always wondering who was the genious behind the scenes.

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Right wingers, why do you feel the need that any thread saying something positive about the democrats means you have to automatically jump in and play defense and attempt to hijack the thread with off topic crap?!

I mean really, when Bush won in '04. I remember saying things like "Bush had the better ground game in Ohio." "Bush ran the better campaign." "I don't like Rove, but the guy is a genious when it comes to running a campaign."

The thread is about the brains behind what is argueably the best ever run campaign for president elect in history.

Instead of being a juvenile prick, you could say something a little more sensical and classy like "yeah those guys did a good job," or something to the effect.

What a bunch of sore losers.

You guys make me regret being a gentleman in '04 after seeing this display over the last few days.

 

[fletchisrhsm]

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That bitch can go to hell. Spill our blood for a country to fucking weak to rise up and take it themselves? I say they got the biggest bailout ever. Pussies.

 

[fletchisrhsm]

Good stuff. I was always wondering who was the genious behind the scenes.

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Right wingers, why do you feel the need that any thread saying something positive about the democrats means you have to automatically jump in and play defense and attempt to hijack the thread with off topic crap?!

I mean really, when Bush won in '04. I remember saying things like "Bush had the better ground game in Ohio." "Bush ran the better campaign." "I don't like Rove, but the guy is a genious when it comes to running a campaign."

The thread is about the brains behind what is argueably the best ever run campaign for president elect in history.

Instead of being a juvenile prick, you could say something a little more sensical and classy like "yeah those guys did a good job," or something to the effect.

What a bunch of sore losers.

You guys make me regret being a gentleman in '04 after seeing this display over the last few days.

Funk, he was a half black man and he was a great speaker coming off the worst president in the history of this nation. I mean, this was the biggest slam dunk as you could have gotten. This had nothing to do with anything else then the perfect storm and congrats for taking advantage of it. But rest assured. If hillary or anyone else runing runs, they do the same and we would all be saying the same for them.

 

[RobFunk]

Funk, he was a half black man and he was a great speaker coming off the worst president in the history of this nation. I mean, this was the biggest slam dunk as you could have gotten. This had nothing to do with anything else then the perfect storm and congrats for taking advantage of it. But rest assured. If hillary or anyone else runing runs, they do the same and we would all be saying the same for them.

That's BS. The Pubs had more than their fair chance at taking it home. McCain was polling ahead and EV only just a few months prior.

McCain got waxed in all 3 debates

McCain picked the worst running mate of the last 100 years or so

Obama laid out a plan. Even if it might suck (anyone's guess), he actually had one and ran with it in his ads.

Obama was mostly on offense stating what he would do to fix things, McCain was on defense running negative most of the time

Dont give me that, it was handed to the democrats nonsense. The pubs/ McCain were in the hunt the whole way and it just fell out from under them during the last 2 weeks. The economy sucked well before that when gallup showed them at least EV.

 

[fletchisrhsm]

That's BS. The Pubs had more than their fair chance at taking it home. McCain was polling ahead and EV only just a few months prior.

McCain got waxed in all 3 debates

McCain picked the worst running mate of the last 100 years or so

Obama laid out a plan. Even if it might suck (anyone's guess), he actually had one and ran with it in his ads.

Obama was mostly on offense stating what he would do to fix things, McCain was on defense running negative most of the time

Dont give me that, it was handed to the democrats nonsense. The pubs/ McCain were in the hunt the whole way and it just fell out from under them during the last 2 weeks. The economy sucked well before that when gallup showed them at least EV.

Seriously, show me Obamas plan. Show me how feasible his plan is. There is no plan. John McCain and Palin was the worst ticket i have ever seen (granted im only 29). You can pretend all you want that BO earned it and thats fine, because he did work hard as did his people, but the reality was this was a done deal as soon as it started, regardless of what some stupid poll shows. He had the black vote and not to mention the new black vote. he had the young vote and he also had many middle Americans vote who felt the pain of bush's leadership first hand. But with that said, are these not the easiest voters to manipulate? These aren't policy savvy people. If you want change from bush, im not sure what will change other then maybe rampant cronyism, witch is a start...but lets not get carried away. This was about Bush more then anything else

 

[3peet]

3peat, a little less sugar there dude

not sure they actually created the credit crisis, but I could be wrong

Alright fair enough Willie. But lets consider this. The strategists from our campaign decided to attack heavily in states we had no business winning (i.e. Ohio, N. Carolina, Virginia). They revolutionized the fundraising practice by encouraging donors to donate what they could and exercised an aggressive email campaign request for repeat donations in small amounts. The Barack Obama website created back in 07 outclassed anything other candidates website by leaps and bounds. It was the center and heartbeat of the campaign. The site itself turned into another online community ( e.g. facebook, myspace, flicker, youtube.etc) with the www.mybarackobama.com website. It was a way to connect with other volunteers all around the country. Voters / volunteers created their own profile and created, found or suggested their own events to hold. With the money raised the campaign was able to put hundreds of field offices into key battleground states at a drop of a dime. And the enthusiasm of volunteers was endless. They would donate cars, travel mile credits, time and manpower in order to round each other up and head to volunteer in field offices. I can almost guarantee the exposre of Barack Obama's signs or bumper stickers out numbered Clinton and McCains 3:1 in any city or state. And the top down organization was first class. In the field offices, strategies or emphasis in target cities changed at the drop of a dime. However it was never reflected in the field offices. There was never a lack of direction and objectives were always clear. This was critical to keep volunteers enthused to spread the word to recruit even more volunteers. This was the epitome and very definition of "grass roots"

With the above said, this all took place before the economy sunk in October. Certainly the economy was a factor to help push him over the top. But it was by no means a reason this campaign was a success. The economy hadn't happened yet when Obama trounced Clinton in the primaries or shocked the country when we won in Iowa.

Also it doesnt hurt to have a once in a lifetime candidate to pull it all together.

 

[3peet]

If you want change from bush, im not sure what will change other then maybe rampant cronyism, witch is a start...but lets not get carried away. This was about Bush more then anything else

bullshit Fletch. 2004 was an anything but Bush vote as well and that didn't come through. Every democtrat and their mother thought we had that in the bag as well. But the lack of response from the constant wave of Rove attacks, on top of which there clearly was no change in the demographics of the voters. The old blue hairs came out as usual and eclipsed any addition of the young vote who tried to make a difference.

In this years election there was an emphasis to bring a shift to the demographcs as well as a heavy, heavy campaign to register new voters from all walks of life.

I ain't buyin the perfect storm for a second because history shows there's always a way to steal an election or for the democrats to blow it.

 

[BetIt]

In this years election there was an emphasis to bring a shift to the demographcs as well as a heavy, heavy campaign to register new voters from all walks of life.

I'll have to take a second look but based upon exit polls...the shift in demographics wasn't huge (although it really only takes a small change). I know A.A had a 1% uptick and 18-29 had a 2% if I remember correctly. Although most of this is meaningless until you look at the individual swing states where most of the money was concentrated. I did notice that percentagly...less A.A voted in NC in 2008 than 2004...which is pretty surprising.

 

[RobFunk]

I ain't buyin the perfect storm for a second because history shows there's always a way to steal an election or for the democrats to blow it.

Exactly.

Polls are rediculously accurate these days as proven by every state being within error margin.

Rasmussen final poll 52-46. Sound familiar?!

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...al_election/general_election_match_up_history

9/23 EV and also 9/13 McCain +3

Pubs choked it away. Then on top of that the briilliant job Obama's camp did to surge and finish it out.

 

[eek.]

The Democrats didn't win.

The Republicans lost America, and they lost America bigtime.

 

[RobFunk]

The Democrats didn't win.

The Republicans lost America, and they lost America bigtime.

Bush single handedly sent the whole republican party into a tail spin. It almost doesnt seem fair.

But Carter did the same for them. And history will repeat itself at some point. It always does.

 

[Mistermj]

Bush single handedly sent the whole republican party into a tail spin. It almost doesnt seem fair.

But Carter did the same for them. And history will repeat itself at some point. It always does.

No...actually it was LBJ that sent the Dems into a tailspin.

Carter was just a bad knee jerk reaction to Nixon, within the larger context of the Dems taking a hard left turn with the Great Society.

The only success you have had since LBJ... was Clinton...and he really wasn't much of a Democrat.

I suspect Obama is about to do an LBJ...if he goes centrist...he could be a great President...if he goes hard left...forgettaboudit.

 

[Willie99]

Good stuff. I was always wondering who was the genious behind the scenes.

----------------

Right wingers, why do you feel the need that any thread saying something positive about the democrats means you have to automatically jump in and play defense and attempt to hijack the thread with off topic crap?!

I mean really, when Bush won in '04. I remember saying things like "Bush had the better ground game in Ohio." "Bush ran the better campaign." "I don't like Rove, but the guy is a genious when it comes to running a campaign."

The thread is about the brains behind what is argueably the best ever run campaign for president elect in history.

Instead of being a juvenile prick, you could say something a little more sensical and classy like "yeah those guys did a good job," or something to the effect.

What a bunch of sore losers.

You guys make me regret being a gentleman in '04 after seeing this display over the last few days.

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.

Amazing hno:

 

[Willie99]

Alright fair enough Willie. But lets consider this. The strategists from our campaign decided to attack heavily in states we had no business winning (i.e. Ohio, N. Carolina, Virginia). They revolutionized the fundraising practice by encouraging donors to donate what they could and exercised an aggressive email campaign request for repeat donations in small amounts. The Barack Obama website created back in 07 outclassed anything other candidates website by leaps and bounds. It was the center and heartbeat of the campaign. The site itself turned into another online community ( e.g. facebook, myspace, flicker, youtube.etc) with the www.mybarackobama.com website. It was a way to connect with other volunteers all around the country. Voters / volunteers created their own profile and created, found or suggested their own events to hold. With the money raised the campaign was able to put hundreds of field offices into key battleground states at a drop of a dime. And the enthusiasm of volunteers was endless. They would donate cars, travel mile credits, time and manpower in order to round each other up and head to volunteer in field offices. I can almost guarantee the exposre of Barack Obama's signs or bumper stickers out numbered Clinton and McCains 3:1 in any city or state. And the top down organization was first class. In the field offices, strategies or emphasis in target cities changed at the drop of a dime. However it was never reflected in the field offices. There was never a lack of direction and objectives were always clear. This was critical to keep volunteers enthused to spread the word to recruit even more volunteers. This was the epitome and very definition of "grass roots"

With the above said, this all took place before the economy sunk in October. Certainly the economy was a factor to help push him over the top. But it was by no means a reason this campaign was a success. The economy hadn't happened yet when Obama trounced Clinton in the primaries or shocked the country when we won in Iowa.

Also it doesnt hurt to have a once in a lifetime candidate to pull it all together.

OK 3peat, this I can agree with.