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November 7th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Some purely analytical observations about the more-than-year-long election season, just ended.
I think the underlying strategy that produced President-elect Obama began with a “coup d’etat” that Obama carried out within the Democratic Party.
With the help of internet gurus and clever organizers, Obama created a campaign organization with feet on the ground practically everywhere and which raised half or more of its money through small contributions. They out-organized any previous campaign in history, and the organization was theirs rather than being a Democratic party-run affair. The Obama campaign rolled through the nomination process with precision and focus past the establishment candidate, Hillary Clinton. When it became obvious Obama was going to be the nominee, the leading Dem lights signed on in a hurry. He then did the same thing to McCain, helped along by the economic crisis to be sure, but from very early on McCain was really at a disadvantage.
He did not rely on the Democratic insider establishment for anything other than some advisors. President-elect Obama assumes office owing less to the political establishment than any president in modern history, maybe any president ever.
The Obama campaign personified change, and if Americans, particularly those of us under 45, wanted anything it was change from the Bushie-neocon eight year nightmare.
If the economic crisis had not happened, the election might have been closer. But, I now think, from looking at what Obama’s organization did, and how they correctly sensed and manifest the mood of the country, that he would have won in almost any case.
Obama’s victory is essentially a “Gen X” victory more than anything else – a campaign organized, run and successful based on Gen X values, organizational style and technology. The Dem establishment still doesn’t understand what hit them and the GOP sure as hell doesn’t.
But folks like Bobby Jindal and Sarah Palin are taking notes. (And they are Gen X, no surprise.)
Yana Davis
November 7th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
It would be nice to think that the Democratic Party in Alabama was also taking notes, although I’m not so sure. It may take an independent operation like a state version of MoveOn.org to change things here.
Too bad we don’t have an infrastructure in place to do transparent evaluations of what is wrong with the political parties here, and the press as well. We also need a statewide media reform watchdog group. But some group of well-to-do individuals is going to have to fund it. You can’t do it for free.