Think about this for a minute...

[CoffeeCat]

Obama and McCain are campaigning very differently right now.

Obama is playing to the center. Look at his interview with Rachel Maddow. Obama's strategy was
to go after disaffected Republicans and those who once supported Bush--but are now very unhappy
with the state of our country. The Barackumentary the other night wasn't partisan. You could
barely tell Obama was a Democrat. Obama's closing sale is about appealing to everyone--Democrats,
Republicans and Independents.

Then we have McCain. Palin is still calling Obama a "socialist" and insisting that dark clouds
hang over "Obama's past associations." McCain is calling Obama "a wealth spreader" and trying
to convince wealthier Republicans and business owners that their riches will be stolen and given
to low-income earners and the poor. McCain is clearly throwing out red-meat rich references, which
appeal only to the base--and tend to turn off Independents.

It's obvious to me that McCain has given up on Independents. He's not even trying to sway Reagan
Democrats or voters who are unhappy with Bush. McCain is totally and completely playing ONLY to the
Republican base.

This signals that McCain is desperately hyperfocusing on getting his base out to vote--because he
realizes that this is all he's got. In effect, he's campaigning to avoid an embarrassing landslide.
He must get that base out in high numbers, to avoid a humiliating and crushing defeat.

McCain is no longer campaigning to win. He's campaigning to avoid a massacre.

Meanwhile--Obama is campaignign to win, as he campaigns across the country--talking specifically about uniting
the country and how there is room for Republicans, Democrats, Independents, red, blue, white, black, brown,
rich, poor--in his campaign. He's going after everyone, because Obama has all ready secured his base and his
internals show that he is appealing to Americans of every political stripe.

Think about it.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Another telling difference--

Obama is essentially conducting his campaign without reference to McCain. It's all about the future and the changes he wants to bring about.


McNasty's campaign is ONLY about Obama. He's a socialist, he hangs out with terrorists, he's dangerous, etc.

Obama is defining himself. McNutso is defining himself in terms of Obama. That is invariably a losing strategy.

[CoffeeCat]

2. That's so true....

Obama is barely mentioning McCain. McCain is focused on bashing Obama.

I just heard something else on MSNBC. The McCain campaign is bragging that they
are matching the Obama campaign dollar-for-dollar on television advertising in
the remaining days of the campaign. They are "foregoing" putting money in their
ground game, to instead focus on tv advertising.

Ok...I'm stunned at the stupidity. McCain is choosing tv ads---over canvassing, calling,
and getting people to the polls????

The time for tv ads is OVER! You do tv when people are making up their minds, then you
switch to kicking in that ground game--to get those people to the polls.

Obama still has tv ads on, but the focus is on GOTV and the ground game.

I'm just blown away by the bad decisions in the McCain camp.

They have no ground game. :wow:

[Old Codger]

4. He really never had a game

He lost before he started, he never had anything coherent going, every move was a shot in the dark, throwing anything out there in the hope that something, anything would stick and gain some traction... He/They have lost, the numbers we see don't really tell the story IMHO Tuesday Nov 4th 2008 will see the largest landslide victory in our history..... :dem:

[VWolf]

3. Anyone remember the last time

a candidate won by staging a predominantly positive campaign? That's what we're seeing here, and it's a welcome change.