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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:07 AM Original message |
The Power of Passive Campaigning (NYT) |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm so glad he didn't follow the advice of a lot of us and go on the attack. |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 05:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Chris Matthews calls it the Barack Obama technique and that is |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 02:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. "How did he know his strategy would work so brilliantly?" |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. it's funny how many items you ignore about the race |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. All I'm saying is that the style worked in context of what occurred |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I don't think of it as 'passive.' More like passive aggressive. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. from the standpoint of a victim of abuse, there is a LOT to be said for NOT getting into... |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 06:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. He would have learned those skills growing up |
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Cronopio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Very true. Staying out of the narcissists arena is always a win on the personal level. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. "McCain and Palin are textbook cases of narcissistic personality disorder. " |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. Thank you for that. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. K&R |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
5. anyone care to explain how this appplies to Kerry in 2004? |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 04:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Kerry had np ground game. He wasn't around in 50 states. He wasn't as talented |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. Obama has been the luckiest politician I've ever seen |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. well, I hate to tell you...but it did involve more than luck |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The trend over the summer and into early September speaks for itself |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. the only trend was after the nomination of Palin |
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ACTION BASTARD (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I feel this is why the Republicans keep harping on Obama not |
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Cronopio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. The timing may be partially a matter of luck ... |
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GreenEyedLefty (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
10. I love it... Love the reference to Milton, too! |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. Obama exudes a level of authority Republican politicians at the highest levels |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. The rope-a-dope strategy |
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