On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I think that the primary matchup against Clinton is the best proof > there. Clinton was the prohibitive favorite going into the primary > (many would say she was the presumptive nominee). She had advantages > in cash, name recognition and on the ground organization. > > The Obama campaign realized the utility of the 50-state strategy that > Howard Dean had proposed the previous election and saw how MoveOn had > been able to raise large amounts of money though small dollar > donations and the Internet. So since he didn't have a lot of money to > start off with, he concentrated on caucases, which require more > people-intensive efforts and aren't as easy to win through ad buys. > > Clinton had a game plan to take advantage of her name recognition and > money advantage and try to get nominated by Super Tuesday thus ending > the primary early and allowing her to go after the Republicans with > lots of time before the election. To do that, she focused on winning > big states. Which is great...except that Democratic primaries reward > delegates proportionally (unlike the Republicans). So Obama was able > to win Iowa (caucus state), get name recognition and more money, then > force Clinton to campaign in states she hadn't planned on (just like > he did with McCain). The organizational ground game kept him > competitive even in states he didn't win, which were enough delegates > to keep things tight through Super Tuesday. And when Clinton didn't > get enough delegates come Super Tuesday, Obama was able to keep at his > plan and build while the Clinton campaign had to totally restructure > because their first game plan failed. > > That was some organizational brilliance. > Sounds like an intense game of Risk :) Thank you for the response. That's *exactly* the kind of answer I was looking for. While it doesn't discount the fact that Hillary planned poorly, it also shows very specifically where Obama planned well and was proactive. -- I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my wife. And I wish you my kind of success. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278739 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
