“Seeing as how I am only passingly familiar with Pence and have no idea who Thune is and I am politically plugged in...”
How many politically plugged in people had never heard of Barak Obama three years ago? How many had never heard of Bill Clinton when he was gov. of Ark. Or Palin? Or even Bush, pere, before he was veep?
In this new media age you can go from complete obscurity to household name in a day.
>>How many politically plugged in people had never heard of Barak Obama three years ago? How many had never heard of Bill Clinton when he was gov. of Ark. Or Palin? Or even Bush, pere, before he was veep?
In this new media age you can go from complete obscurity to household name in a day.
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That, my FRiend, is my feverent hope. We need a white night aright quick.
Tell me, how long did Obozo campaign for during the 2008 election cycle? He started campaigning in 2006. He had two years to obtain “name recognition”. It did not happen overnight as you seem to think. Also, he managed to receive the backing of many people who do have significant name recognition (Colin Powell comes to mind here as just one - there are many others). If memory serves, Billy Jeff accomplished the same level of name recognition by starting an early campaign also.