Obama campaign manager: 2008 model won't be enough to win second term

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[Sub-Driver]

Obama campaign manager: 2008 model won't be enough to win second term By Michael O'Brien - 04/25/11 03:59 PM ET

President Obama's campaign manager stressed Monday that Democrats couldn't rely on their 2008 game plan to win a second term for Obama in 2012.

Jim Messina, Obama's former deputy chief of staff-turned-campaign manager, released a strategy video to supporters outlining the campaign's initial steps toward securing victory next fall.

And the key takeaway from Messina was that he intended to throw out the 2008 model and rethink Obama's strategy for 2012.

"The 2008 campaign was the most special thing a lot of us have ever been a part of," Messina said in a Web video. "But if we just run that same campaign, we stand a good chance of losing. We've got to run a new campaign."

Messina laid out five steps to winning in 2012, "Expand the electorate;" "Build something new;" "Grow the grassroots in the states;" "Measure our progress;" and "Work for every vote."

Under that rubric, Messina encouraged supporters to begin building voter outreach efforts, and he said the campaign would engage in a good degree of listening to its supporters as it shifts into higher gears.

But much of the video was intended to keep fire in the bellies of supporters of Obama, guarding against a sense of complacency that can overtake reelection campaigns.

"This is not 2008. We've got to assume every single day that we've got to build something new, better, faster and sleeker," Messina said. "Republicans are going to be fired up to take on President Obama, and so we all and all of you out there have to take the reins and help build this thing."

"We ought not act like an incumbent, we've got to act like an insurgent campaign that wakes up every single day, trying to get every single vote we can," Messina adds in the video.

[nhwingut]

Gas = $5

I tripled the gas prices. Vote for me!

[TheOldLady]

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[Fu-fu2]

How many can they dupe with “hope and change” the second time around??

[Buckeye McFrog]

I think their 2012 model is pretty clear...

- Tell their supporters to vote in the Republican Primary for the biggest stiff on the ballot (choose one? Such a dilemma! Oy vey!)

- Keep stroking The Donald’s ego so that he feels compelled to stay in the race and become Ross Perot 2.0 next fall

- Encourage states to join this BS “compact” where they agree to plunk all of their electoral votes for the popular vote “winner” (or greatest plurality?)

[Popman]

"Expand the electorate;"....illegals, dead, fraudulent, stolen,
"Build something new;" ....Send out new talking points to Joun"O"list and media sycophants
"Grow the grassroots in the states;"....federally fund the new ACORN, Democratic voter fraud organizations
"Measure our progress;" ....Keep enough stolen ballots on hand in tight districts
"Work for every vote."....Make sure we have enough street money to buy the votes

[COUNTrecount]

"The 2008 campaign was the most special thing a lot of us have ever been a part of," Messina said in a Web video. "But if we just run that same campaign, we stand a good chance of losing. We've got to run a new campaign."

.......or better yet, declare Martial law and have no election at all.

NOTHING they do surprises me any more.Their audacity and lawlessness is astounding

[bjorn14]

2008: Yes We Can

2012: No We Didn’t

[AmericanVictory]

The lies won’t work as well with an awakened public and the astroturf won’t do the job again given all the real grass that has grown up through it.

[devistate one four]

This and the fact the Libs believe the Tea Party is complacent after the big victory last fall..we may as well give up now. /s

[SECURE AMERICA]

If Obama gets re-elected after all the harm he has done to America, and our Constitution then America is lost and I have no more faith in the citizenry

[gusopol3]

Keep stroking The Donald’s ego so that he feels compelled to stay in the race and become Ross Perot 2.0 next fall

Don't you think it's likely most of the Perot vote went for Obama in '08, so that that group comes out of Obama's 70 m?

[eyedigress]

Obama is a fraud and the black race has tied their float to him. Get your ass off Oprah and go to work. He FAILED.

[Fu-fu2]

Lib Dems fear the Tea Party.

[SECURE AMERICA]

Messina said. “Republicans are going to be fired up to take on President Obama,

Americans, Christians and other Patriots are going to be fired up to take on Resident Obama.

THERE FIXED IT..

[devistate one four]

Yes, and I think it’s still growing!

[wolfcreek]

Caus dat chit won’t fly again..

[FroggyTheGremlim]

WELL, THE 2008 MODEL WAS CHANGE.

Let's see:

• Unemployment - change from 4.5 percent to 9 percent.
• Deficit - change from 450 billion to 1.5 trillion.
• Growth - change 4.5 percent to less than 1.5 percent.
• Debt - change from 8 trillion to 14 trillion.
• Gas - change from $1.87 per gallon to $3.90 per gallon and rising.
• Inflation - change from almost zero to 10% and rising.
• Guantanamo - change from open to still open - OOPS! - no change.
• Iraq - change from US troops present to US troops still present - OOPS! - no change there either.
• Afghanistan - change from few US soldiers killed to 10 - 20 per week.
• ...

Change we can believe in?

Really?

[MissMack99]

They’ll triangulate the vote by pinning a Republican against a strong Tea Party candidate and split the non-Dem vote so that Obongo wins again. It’s the Clintonian way. That’s how Bill Clinton got his second term.

[Mama Shawna]

THANK YOU for that. I just pasted that to my facebook page as my daily tweak for all my lib friends. HAHA!

[The Bronze Titan]

Yep, you got that right! The ‘Let’s Fool the Suckers’ Campaign of 2008 won’t work a 2nd time.