Free (but valuable) advice for the Obama campaign

[Crooked Moon]

nearly everything i've read over the past several days (from obama staff, supporters, talking heads and the guy who makes my chalupas at taco bell) is that obama has this thing sewn up.

only two things can undo him at this point: him seriously fucking up or hillary sweeping all remaining states with 60% or better and making a run at the math.

this begs the question as to why obama, like an NFL QB with a 9 point lead and 2 minutes to go, doesn't simply sit on his lead and let the clock run out.

sure, he would need to have a rapid response plan in place for clintonian dirty tricks, but that's a reactive stance that would leave him (and his millions) free to begin waging his general election campaign.

i mean, if it's all over but the formality of the spring primaries, why not?

[anonymous171]

1. He has to go in for the kill.

[Dinger]

2. I Was Wondering That Myself (n t)

[bicentennial_baby]

3. I heard he's going on a vacation until Tues-Weds...

To the Virgin Islands or somewhere near there. Well deserved, I say.

[C_U_L8R]

4. it's only the first half

There's no running out the clock in this game.
Next up is the general election... and Obama is playing to win.

[silverweb]

5. What does that mean?

Stop campaigning?

Stop responding to lies and attacks from HRC/McSame/RW media?

That would be pretty dumb. And dumb is something Barack Obama is not.

[Crooked Moon]

7. obviously you didn't read carefully

i pointed out the need to defend against smears.

and i also pointed out campaigning. only against mccain.

has he got the nom in the bag, or hasn't he?

[John Q. Citizen]

10. If I were a betting man, I'd bet that Obama has this sown up. But I wouldn't bet on him if he quit

campaigning against Hillary. If he keeps campaigning against Hill he's got it.

Hill needs to formally concede before he stops campaigning against her. Since she intends to campaign against him, it's imperitive for Obama to strike first and often. It's not like he doesn't have lots of good material.

The running-under-sniper-fire false claim I predict to go viral. Obama can now link up the secretive with the untrustworthy and seriously erode her core support.

It's a shame it has to be like that, but until Clinton cries uncle, it's war by another name.

Just as some Clinton supporters, including Carvelle, have likened a presidential campaign endorsement by Richardson to "treason" so does the mentality of war dominate both camps. The only thing that can end it is 2025 delegates or Clinton deciding her scorched earth desperation politics just isn't worth it.

My guess is she will withdraw before she has to release her tax returns. And try to blame it on the "unfair establishment."

[silverweb]

11. I read it.

I still don't understand what it is you want him to do. Go passive with regard to Hillary except in "defense"? Is that what you're asking for? Why?

We don't just want his nomination "in the bag" -- we want a clear, decisive, unmistakeable, unfudgeable, unbudgeable win by as large a margin as we can get -- a win that shows that The People have spoken and will not be denied.

[RazBerryBeret]

6. this can't be a close race...

he has to win big.... or it "won't count"

:sarcasm:

seriously, he will look better going into the GE winning by a large margin.
his donors keep donating, so what's he got to lose?

[tokenlib]

8. There are millions who need to get to know him in other states...

...and if he sits back and lets his enemies define him--we all lose. The more people get to know him the better.

[40ozDonkey]

9. Maybe he learned from Hillary's mistake.

Laugh in retrospect, not advance.