OBAMA's ON THE MARCH! and his Florida strategy starts NOW.

Yesterday's LATimes, Print Edition, had a great article about Obama's challenges ahead and how he plans to meet them.

Obama has repeatedly shown that he is forward-thinking, and organizing for the Democratic Party's future. His approach to Florida is agressive, ambitious, and sure to impress the SDs who are rightfully worried about the very populous swing-state Florida and how winning it or losing it could impact the outcome in November.

When I read about Obama's strategies, it almost always makes me proud to be a supporter. His approach to Florida is rock-solid, and he is clearly demonstrating to the SDs that he has a plan for Florida, it's already enacted, and that he clearly is electable in November.

This is important because Hillary's claim is that SHE is the one that can bring Florida into play. However, as is obvious, her campaign fiscal irresponsibility has left her continually in debt and unable to even fund advance staff to plan her appearances in states she visits. Contrast that to Obama who has wisely used the campaign funds provided to him by supporters, and who has the resources and forward thinking to start making inroads into Florida NOW.

Here are the highlights:

1) Obama must now almost completely rebuild his campaign machinery from the bottom up. Part of it is due to the differences between primary and GE campaigns, but part of it is also do to Obama's strategy to bring to him voters from states that have been, in the past, a problem for the Democratic Party to win.

2) Florida figures prominently in his strategy. If he wins Florida, it would cause major damage to the GOP's chances of winning the GE, and challenging the GOP in Florida would cause them to have to use precious resources--which the GOP is short of thanks to McCain's inability to inspire GOP voters and financiers to adequately fund his campaign.

3) In the past few days Obama has relocated about 15 staff members to Florida and started a massive voter-registration drive. Hundreds of volunteers in Florida met in 6 Florida locations for training on how to find, using marketing lists, potential Obama voters.

4) Obama is reaching out to the Haitian and Puerto Rican communities in Florida.




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1. Surround yourself will quality people

2. Strategic vision and planning; quite frankly this is a skill that is hard to learn

3. Willing to adjust as necessary. Sorry Hillary supporters this is an area where she has not done a good job in.

as a community organizer on the streets of Chicago have prepared him for this battle. His most challenging problem right now is getting Hillary out of the way so he can achieve his goal.

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He is setting up huge organizations like this in every battleground state, she cant even afford to think about it until she gets the debt paid off.

to Hlllary's "box of ferrets" management approach.

And the MONEY she spends! It is, as one analyst stated, "nearly fraudulent."

primaries but they are WRONG! He will have a strategy that destroys them just as he destroyed the Clinton inevitability. Oh by destroy them I don't mean them personally. I mean he has already thought out how he will win. Just as he zoned in on the caucuses in the primary, he will have a strategy to beat the Republicans at their own game.

They know her dance steps. Obama always keeps everyone guessing.

...just because he was able to raise the huge sums of money needed

...just because he was able to create a powerful organization

...just because he was able to organize Democrats in caucuses

...just because he was able to organize Democrats in primaries

...just because he has been active in 48 Continental states, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and Puerto Rico

DOESN'T MEAN HE CAN HANDLE A GENERAL ELECTION!! That is a completely new and completely different ballgame.

...they apparently aren't basketball, which we would all assume he could handle. :eyes:

enough with the "so-called" leaders with hindsight who just realized that in 2000, Florida was stolen from us. Hillary is rather late on the outtake. :eyes:


GoBAMA!

Okay Super Delegates ...... give him the keys to the kingdom (DNC) already and let's get on with it. :thumbsup: K&R.

he never served.

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with ONE POSITIVE action: registering new voters.

He's using his own campaign money to register voters, the bulk of whom will be Democrats. This impresses the DNC and SDs.
He's showing that he's moved on to the GE and that HRC is irrelevant. This changes the context of media coverage and how voters see him.
He's making his presence known in FL at a time that Hillary is trying to fraudulently obtain delegates. This can change the context and the numbers supporting Hillary in her desperate ploy.
He's reinforcing the fact that he IS working for change in how politics is conducted. He's not doing the negative Hillary BS, but working forward in a positive direction that will help the DNC, Democratic Voters at large, and our country, as well.

Very efficient use of his resources and energy. He truly is a great leader and very good at strategy.