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23 Apr 2008 03:42 pm
Obama's Long Plan
Noam Scheiber has an excellent piece on David Plouffe, Obama's campaign manager. Just as interesting is this reader comment:
Plouffe is calm, highly knowledgeable and disciplined. Businesslike in
the best sense of the term. I heard him speak and answer questions in
June and October of 2007 and he said almost the same thing both times.
Consistency is an underreported strength of the Obama campaign (and
Obama himself) and Plouffe deserves a lot of credit for maintaining
that consistency. They devised a strategic plan early and have stuck by
it. Today, they are on the precipice of completing one of the greatest
upsets in American political history. PS - That leaked February 6
delegate spreadsheet continues to amaze with its accuracy and insight,
only underestimating the Obama margin of victories. It lays out the
minimum path to victory for Obama in pledged delegates. The final
delegate spread shown on June 7 is Obama +67. If you include the
pledged delegates of Michigan and Florida (giving the 55 Michigan
uncommitted to Obama), the Obama margin becomes +1.
I've been struck by how calm Obama seems in the face of all this Clinton drama. It helps to recall that he never expected this to be easy or anything but extremely close. And he's still ahead. And still the overwhelming favorite. Against the biggest brand in Democratic politics as a freshman senator. WIth a little perspective, the calm makes more sense.
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