More Obama Mistakes!

**streicher187** · 09-28-2008, 07:37 PM

[QUOTE=br.ett;4025064]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.)

THEN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN BECOME A REGULAR POLITICIAN. PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF WASHINGTON INSIDERS..

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.

AGREE 100% HE KNEW HOW TO GAME THE SYSTEM AND IT'S COSTING HIM..

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

THEY WENT DEM. FOR CLINTON HE THOUGHT WITH THE HATRED OF BUSH THAT HE WOULD HAVE HAD A CHANCE.. THEY ONLY HAVE TO SHOW UP IN 4 OR 5 STATES EVERY YEAR WHICH IS SAD..

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.

EXACTLY I POINTED THAT OUT DURING THE PRIMARY ...

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.

THIS HAD NO EFFECT. IF PEOPLE WERE UPSET BY THE HANDLING OF IT THEY WERE NOT VOTING FOR HIM ANYWAY..

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.

LOL.. HE WAS GETTING LARGE CROWDS BEFORE. MCCAIN HAS HAD FUNDRAISERS WITH ACTORS AND BEEN IN MORE MOVIES/TV THEN OBAMA..

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.

HE WAS PART OF THE PROBLEM, HE ATTACKED HER AND BILL JUST AS MUCH AS THE MEDIA..

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.

HILLARY DIDN'T WANT IT, SHE WANTS HIM TO LOSE SO SHE CAN RUN IN 4 YEARS.. WESLEY CLARK WOULD HAVE BEEN A STUPID PICK, HE WOULD HAVE LOST THE ELECTION FOR SURE..

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.

IT WAS THE BEST THEME IN THE TIMES WE ARE IN. PEOPLE ARE SICK OF THE PRESIDENT AND WASHINGTON AND HE HOPED IT WOULD BRING OUT THE YOUNG VOTE(WHICH IT NEVER DOES)..

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.

HE HAS BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, BUSH HASN'T WORKED A YEAR WITHOUT A VACATION AS PRESIDENT.. BEING THERE ALL WEEK WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE CLINTONS AND HE WANTED TO GIVE THEM THEY SPOTLIGHT KNOWING HE NEEDS THEIR SUPPORT..

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 jo
b. His campaign people should have prepared and passed out concrete examples of his legislative and other achievements. from talkleft.com

IF HE WOULD HAVE ATTACKED PALIN HE WOULD HAVE LOST ANY WOMENS VOTE HE HAD HOPED FOR. IT'S BEEN PROVEN THAT IF YOU GO AFTER A WOMEN CANDIDATE HARD THERE WILL BE BACKLASH..