Everyone is underestimating her. Did any ever think Obama would be president ? NO.
I'm sorry, what?
I totally remember this issue. I also have the February 22, 2007 issue of Rolling Stone magazine that details Obama's roots. It includes details such as Obama's church in Chicago, a badass cool picture of Barack in his old school days as the head of the Harvard Law Review, a picture of his mom (damn she was hot), and even an embarrasing note about how Obama forgot to buy shower curtains when he first moved into his apartment in Washington
. Also included in the article is a segment called "Can he win?" It has four strategies Obama should folow to win the primaries and eventually the presidency, according to Ben Wallace-Wells:
1. Move Beyond "Hope": "He's got to do something to back up the idea that he represents something completely different," as Joe Trippi called it.
2. Be the Commander: How Obama would react to a Swift Boat-like smear campaign?
3. Own the Black vote: Self explanatory. Suggest he try to get 3/4ths of all the black ballots in the primaries.
4. Keep the Race Alive: "Extend the contest" to where other candidates aren't as focused on.
Looking back on his race to the top, I see Obama seems to accomplish all but number 3 on here (I think during the primary Clinton was pretty competitive with the black vote at some point, could be wrong though). But if there is one quote that I found real memorable in this article it was probably from Frank Luntz, advisor to past GOP candidates: "With every other Democratic candidate, I can tell you already how Republicans will go after them. Hillary Clinton doesn't have a heart. John Edwards panders. Joe Biden can't answer a single question in under twenty-four hours. But Obama - he's the one Democratic candidate where I'm not sure how you can take him down."
Obama's rise to power was forecasted long before election season.
I'm not sure if you could say the same about Palin. She was suddenly thrust into the limelight and wasn't ready to handle what the big heads in the media were going to attack her with. Everytime I see her she is getting off on how people make jokes about her and crap instead of doing other things, like uh GOVERNING ALASKA?! There was a village in Alaska that was starving to death and low on heating resources while she was busy being the media's lil orphan Annie. It's like I said I had to stop three minutes into the Matt Lauer interview because everytime I listen to a Sarah Palin interview it's at most 30% actual political and 70% media whore drama. I really doubt any opponent of hers would ignore such an event when campaigning against her. If anything, I say she is making her own political grave........
