Since Obama’s San Francisco fundraising remarks, some have predicted deep trouble for his campaign. And, indeed, the flap could still be a danger to him in a possible general election.
But it is important to remember all the negative things that MIGHT have happened to Obama which have not occurred:
1. There has been no collapse of Obama’s Pennsylvania poll numbers.
2. There has been no collapse of Obama’s national poll numbers.
3. There has been no rush of superdelegates to Clinton (quite the contrary).
4. There have been no prominent Obama supporters who have uttered discouraging, off-message words about what he said.
5. There has been no panicked leaking or blaming/worried blind quotes out of the Obama campaign.
6. There has been no diminution of the fighting spirit of the Obama campaign.
7. There have been no moments in which it appeared that the controversy has gotten inside Obama’s head or consistently rattled him on the campaign trail.
8. There have been no uncommitted Democratic leaders who have uttered critical words about what he said.
9. There has been no flood of prominent liberal columnists writing tough words about Obama.
10. There have been very few person-on-the-street-based news stories in which the overwhelming sentiment is anti-Obama.
11. There has been no overwhelming attack on Obama from the right-wing media machine — or, at least, not enough to force more Old Media coverage (a la the Swiftboaters in 2004).
12. There has been no clear audio (or video) from the closed San Francisco fundraiser.
13. There has not been enough Clinton money to fund an overwhelming advertising campaign about the flap.
14. There has been no clarity from the Clinton campaign about whether it is making an argument about Obama’s out-of-touchness, about his electability, or about both.
15. There has been no firestorm on late-night comedy shows or among people around the water cooler.
16. There have not been sufficient new developments to keep it as the lead story on every television newscast (or even to keep it IN every newscast).
http://thepage.time.com/halperins-take-the-bad-things-that-havent-happened-to-obama-since-the-bittercling-controversy-erupted/
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