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Inside Obama's 50-State Fight

time.com — From the earliest days of his upstart campaign, Obama pledged to run a 50-state effort, vowing to move past the traditional partisan divide and expand the electoral map by appealing to independents and even Republicans.

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  • NoDrama, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2He has certainly drawn independents and republicans to his campaign in MN, including the former chair of one of those "non-major" political parties. It's all about getting the real scoop into people's hands - or awareness. The more they learn about Obama the more they like him, and the less the viral smears and whispered innuendos work.
    • LKnight, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2Which is presumably why opponents want to distract with stories about or from the distant past, anything to keep attention off the present reality of a candid, honest man trying to reform politics.
  • LKnight, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2Obama clearly scares the entrenched special interests, and the people who have benefitted from the old style of "you scrach my back and I'll donate to your war chest."

    Do you know what happens to campaign funds when a politican retires? I'll bet you don't. Let's just say it's in their interest NOT to spend it all on their last campaign.
  • p9s50W5k4GUD2c6, on 06/12/2008, -0/+1This is an interesting extension of the Obama '08 playbook: pre-concede no contest, no state and no caucus. That full court press playbook offered solid results against Hillary.

    If the stunning WSJ/NBC polls that came out tonight are any indication, McSame is going to be eaten alive.

    Tonight's Poll Highlights from WSJ/NBC
    "In the head-to-head matchup, Obama leads McCain among African Americans (83-7 percent), Hispanics (62-28), women (52-33), Catholics (47-40), independents (41-36) and even blue-collar workers (47-42). Obama is also ahead among those who said they voted for Clinton in the Democratic primaries (61-19)."

    That said: Lest he make the mistakes that Hillary made in February - I hope Obama always runs his campaign as IF he were running behind.
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