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Re: Worry on the Left

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By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  August 5th, 2008 at 06:47 AM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

…to BrianFaughnan’s quite good post, but I decided it was worth it’s own blog:

Obama has two problems, here. The first is that he needs to “respond to every criticism leveled at him by a Republican operative,” simply because his party’s mythology is full of stories about The Democrat Who Wouldn’t Fight Back (instead of, say, The Democrat Who Fought Back Like an Idiot). He doesn’t dare buck them on that. Interestingly, there is a Democratic politician who was and is pretty good at deflecting Republican criticism; a few lessons from him might help Obama turn his campaign around completely.

That’s the second problem.

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  • rjd27

    Obama must respond to every perceived dig, insult, insinuation, “attack” or suggestion that tarnishes his “character”. His ego is too great, and too insecure, for him not to respond.

    The question is, then, why does the campaign allow Obama to spend his energy rebuffing all these things? 1) the message. Packaging Obama as some messianic figure means there can be no negatives. Means everything that might disparage “the image” must be silenced. 2) Inexperience. There have been too many unforced errors; couple that with a McCain camp that is starting to show life, and the Obama folks are now on the defensive. That wasn’t in the game plan.