dagblog - Comments for "Obama Brand Has Lost Its Mojo"

Barth has a good blog going,

Resistance — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:18:18 +0000

In reply to That was such an overhyped

Barth has a good blog going, A Republic, If you can keep it I just listened to Rachel and Cenk (young Turks)

Read the article from Krugman

If you get a chance I would definitely recommend.

That was such an overhyped

Desider — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:12:16 +0000

In reply to Do they still get a night in

That was such an overhyped scandal. A good number of the stays were school friends of Chelsea Clinton.

Versus W pretending that Enron stayed with Clinton (he phrased it for that misinterpretation - they stayed with Bush Sr.)

Press asleep or abetting as usual.

Do they still get a night in

Resistance — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 05:06:28 +0000

In reply to The win-a-date-with-Barack

Do they still get a night in the Lincoln Bedroom?

Maybe for a few dollars I could pitch a tent on the lawn?

I gotta say, this one almost

quinn esq — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 04:55:44 +0000

In reply to The win-a-date-with-Barack

I gotta say, this one almost makes me physically ill. I just can't get over the fact that if you donate big money, you DEFINITELY get to have dinner with Obama. No lottery, no names from hats - you're just plain IN.

"Own a piece of the campaign" feels more like "buy a share" - when you know a few folks own 10,000,000 shares each.

Retch.

Your local food bank will put

NCD — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 03:02:47 +0000

In reply to The win-a-date-with-Barack

Your local food bank will put the $75 to better use.

The win-a-date-with-Barack

Dan Kervick — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:00:08 +0000

In reply to Obama Brand Has Lost Its Mojo

The win-a-date-with-Barack contest is still in full swing! And how are they able to run a swell contest like this, you ask? It's because they aren't like other campaigns!!! They don't suck up to Wall Street big shots, no sir. It's all based on the nickels and dimes - well, OK, the $75 checks - from John and Jane Q. Public:

Dan --

Since we launched our "Dinner with Barack" contest on Wednesday, we've been getting asked a lot: "Is this for real?"

Yes, it is.

President Obama is really going to sit down with four supporters for dinner. And if you donate to support this campaign before 11:59 p.m. on June 30th, you'll be automatically entered for the chance to be one of those guests.

Make a $75 donation today:

donate.barackobama.com/Dinner-with-Barack

We're able to put on a contest like this because this campaign isn't like other campaigns.

The organization we're building across the country is for supporters like you to help shape. And unlike ones that count on special-interest PACs and Washington lobbyists to foot their bills, we rely on support from grassroots donors like you. So I'm asking you to own a piece of the campaign -- and when you do, you'll get a shot at a once-in-lifetime opportunity to have dinner with the President:

donate.barackobama.com/Dinner-with-Barack

Thanks,

Rufus

Rufus Gifford
National Finance Director
Obama for America

Here's what he can run on.

Barth — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:57:08 +0000

In reply to He will probably placate the

Here's what he can run on. It could have been better, but y'know, the damn system is really broken, in case you have not noticed:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#42924888

He doesn't have to run

Dan Kervick — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:38:03 +0000

In reply to That's what I'd like to see,

He doesn't have to run against the things he has done. The main problem progressives have with him lies with all the things he hasn't done, and hasn't even tried to do. He can adopt a new progressive agenda during the cmapiagn, and then pretend it was his idea all along.

Franlkly, I think once he gets out in public pressing the flesh, as long as his consigliores let him outside the cone of silence Presidents have to live in, he's going to be shocked when he hears about the struggles of people all across this country, and will finally get why so many people think his administration is turning into such a turd.

That's what I'd like to see,

Rootman — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:31:02 +0000

In reply to We're a long way from the

That's what I'd like to see, but he can't run against his own record.

We're a long way from the

Dan Kervick — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:06:25 +0000

In reply to This is the problem with so

We're a long way from the election. You can't expect people who are extremely pissed off and disappointed not to express their feelings when contacted by campaign voluteers and political operatives. That's part of democracy - giving your leaders and their foot soldiers an earful when they ask your opinion.

And if they keep expressing their disappointment and frustration, that might finally move Obama to change his approach and positions. So I hope they keep letting him hear the anger until he gets his ass in gear. Maybe shame and embarrassment is the only thing that will move him.