More Obama Mistakes!

[br.ett]

here is a list (so far) of some of obama's mistakes.

1. He should have waited to run until 2016 when he had assembled a stronger record to back his charismatic appeal. (obviously can't be fixed now.)


2. He shouldn't have focused on the small caucus states. While it won him the nomination, he failed to have a plan for the larger swing states he will need in November. To date, I'm still not seeing enough of an effort -- or results -- in PA, Michigan, FL and Ohio.


3. He put too much emphasis on southern states with large AA populations that are unlikely to go Democratic in November.


4. Even in larger states, he focused on the metropolitan areas with greater percentages of non-whites. He needed to sell himself to rural voters across the country.


5. He should not have dropped out of the Michigan primary. Once he did, he should have quickly accepted Hillary's offer of an early and fair resolution of both MI and FL -- including a revote. His delaying tactics and refusal to commit made him appear to be playing unfairly and alienated millions of Hillary supporters, as well millions of FL voters.


6. He shouldn't have brought Oprah Winfrey in to make his case, which was the beginning of his rock star image and appearances in arenas instead of more traditional campaign venues.


7. He should have addressed and sharply criticized the press for its treatment of Hillary, thereby not alienating so many of her supporters when he won the nomination.


8. He shouldn't have played "guess who" and "it's a secret" so long with his vice presidential nominee and he shouldn't have picked Joe Biden, the definition of old style politics in Washington. He should have picked Hillary to maintain the buzz and the excitement. Aside from Hillary, he should have picked Gen. Wesley Clark.


9. He picked the wrong campaign themes -- hope and change-- targeting the young-- but leaving older voters with the perception he had no substantive policies to back them up. They were too amorphous. So amorphous, in fact, that now John McCain has effectively co-opted them. It will be tough for Obama to get them back.


10. He's been less visible since the primaries, except for a day and a half at the convention. He came in Wednesday night. Even though it's tradition for a candidate to arrive later in the week, he said he wasn't bound by traditions. He should have come in Monday and done meet and greets and used the expanded personal media coverage to make inroads with Colorado voters. His vacation in Hawaii should have been postponed.


11. He needed to fight back harder against the assertion by pundits and candidates that Palin was as experienced as him -- and against Republican attacks at their Convention this week that he is too inexperienced for the job. His campaign people should have prepared and passed out concrete examples of his legislative and other achievements. from talkleft.com






Since people have been bashing Palin mostly (i;m not going to say names, but you know who you are ) I'll end with MORE obama stuff.

[RenegadeLonghorn]

Here's a fact. Obama is beating McCain in the polls. Your post is purely opinion.

[br.ett]

Here's my opinion before you obama supporters start crying. Okay, you want a fact? McCain did the best move by picking Palin. Palin just shot him right up the polls. Bye Bye Hussein Obama. And yes, that IS his middle name.

[gladdyontherise]

i agree with Ash, while i endorse neither Obama or McCain, those are mostly opinions, like for example "he hasnt done enough to get swing states like MI"

there is a 0% chance McCain wins Michigan. 1) there is a fairly large african american population in michigan that will vote for him 2) the economy is so terrible, the state wants change. McCain is conservative, the opposite of what the state wants

[TechMan]

i agree with Ash, while i endorse neither Obama or McCain, those are mostly opinions, like for example "he hasnt done enough to get swing states like MI"

there is a 0% chance McCain wins Michigan. 1) there is a fairly large african american population in michigan that will vote for him 2) the economy is so terrible, the state wants change. McCain is conservative, the opposite of what the state wants

As i said before and was told i was bring the raqce card into it. YEs the blacks will vote for him just because he is black.

[gladdyontherise]

As i said before and was told i was bring the raqce card into it. YEs the blacks will vote for him just because he is black.

i do agree with you on that. some african american's may not, but MOST will. even P.Diddy is voting for Obama. and i believe the old fashion southern whites will vote McCain because they dont like african american's.

[RenegadeLonghorn]

Here's my opinion before you obama supporters start crying. Okay, you want a fact? McCain did the best move by picking Palin. Palin just shot him right up the polls. Bye Bye Hussein Obama. And yes, that IS his middle name.

Whenever someone refers to him as Hussein, they are clearly hinting at a relation to a religion and a certain group of people. Do you use McCain's middle name too? Clearly not.

[RenegadeLonghorn]

As i said before and was told i was bring the raqce card into it. YEs the blacks will vote for him just because he is black.

As I've said before, which you continue to dismiss, is that white will vote for McCain because he's the guy running against the Muslim sounding black guy. And who do you think will get most of the women votes? You're being a hypocrite with your comments on this forum.

[randallcards]

i agree with Ash, while i endorse neither Obama or McCain, those are mostly opinions, like for example "he hasnt done enough to get swing states like MI"

there is a 0% chance McCain wins Michigan. 1) there is a fairly large african american population in michigan that will vote for him 2) the economy is so terrible, the state wants change. McCain is conservative, the opposite of what the state wants

who cares who u endorse your only 16 lol

[Yanksfan396]

who cares who u endorse your only 16 lol

He didn't make an endorsement, he's only posting his views--to which he has a right. Also, he, in a few posts, has contributed more to discussion than you have in the past month.