Obama's team seeks new ways to fire up his base

Yahoo ^ | 3/15/11 | Charles Babington - ap

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON – Barack Obama rode a wave of voter passion in 2008 fed largely by intense dislike of President George W. Bush and the Iraq war, plus excitement among young and minority voters at the notion of electing the nation's first black president.

Now, as Obama cranks up his re-election campaign, all those factors are absent.

The president has many tools, of course, for inspiring and exciting potential voters. But he faces a different landscape, one in which key supporters are disappointed by concessions he has made to Republicans, and discouraged by huge Democratic losses last fall.

[dforest]

May I suggest using the NYT, some gasoline and a lighter?

[andy58-in-nh]

Always campaigning, never leading.

[lakeman]

Most of it I imagine. Why spend your own when you can spend ours.

[andy58-in-nh]

How do you fire up a base that is famous for being worthless and lazy?

Promise them more free stuff.

[tumblindice]

A couple years ago his supporters thought he was s***-hot.
Now he’s just a cold terdling: he can’t be elevated from the middle or either end, cannot be polished and smells worse each passing day.

[Liz]

"Say, Michele. I'm looking at my chances for 2012.
Uh, about that vacation house you bought for us on Marbella
with stimulus monies Rahm stashed offshore for us...
yeah, the house next door to the king......"

[ml/nj]

ways to fire up his base

I'd be passing out ski masks, blackjacks, and billy clubs.

ML/NJ

[COBOL2Java]

He wants to experience the thrill he had in Kenya with his cousin Odinga...

[blueunicorn6]

He’s going to come out and say that those right-wing Republicans have been too hard on him and he won’t run again. Everything Hillary does is tightly controlled. She’s only looking old in those photos because she wants to look old. “Poor Barack, those mean Republicans scarred him for life. The only way to get back at them is to vote for me. He was a little young for the job. But look at how mature I am especially when compared to Bachmann and Palin!” Eight years of Hillary!!!!