[NewMediaFan]

sounds a bit delusional at this point.

[kcvl]

David Plouffe, the Obama campaign manager

NEW FUNDRAISING PRESSURES EMERGING FOR OBAMA CAMPAIGN

a new sense of urgency in Sen. Barack Obama’s fundraising team is palpable as the full weight of the campaign’s decision to bypass public financing for the general election is suddenly upon them.

Pushing a fundraiser later this month, a finance staff member sent a sharply worded note last week to Illinois members of Obama’s national finance committee, calling their recent efforts “extremely anemic.”

[Chunga]

“We’re very confident in our strategy and in our message, and we are focused like a laser beam on states like North Carolina and Virginia”

These people are ignoramuses. They're so dumbfounded by McCain/Palin they're resorting to 1960s-era cliches.

[kcvl]

“Today is the first day of the rest of the campaign,” Obama campaign manager David Plouffe says in a campaign strategy memo. “We will respond with speed and ferocity to John McCain’s attacks and we will take the fight to him, but we will do it on the big issues that matter to the American people.”

Obama mocks McCain as computer illiterate in ad

Biden prepares for more prominent role in campaign

Barack Obama lowers expectations as John McCain’s popularity surges

Palin moving crowds and poll numbers

Poll shows big shift to McCain among white women

Obama advisor David Plouffe’s opinion: Polls don’t count

Plouffe: Obama campaign shifting Georgia resources to North Carolina

Plouffe Your Pillow? Nets Go Easy On Obama Campaign Manager

http://tinyurl.com/59zce7

[kcvl]

Racism can’t hide in booth

Tampabay.com, FL - 3 hours ago
Obama,’’ said David Plouffe, Obama’s national campaign manager.

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Under-pressure Obama to ‘take the fight’ to McCain

Sunday Business Post, Ireland - 6 hours ago
Last Friday, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe sent a memo to reporters accusing McCain of being ‘‘willing to go into the gutter to win this election’’.

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Biden prepares for more prominent role in campaign

The Associated Press - 8 hours ago
In a memo Friday, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe outlined a more aggressive campaign against McCain. “Biden will be integral to that effort,

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Obama fighting a stomach bug

after a week of trying to break through the Sarah Palin media frenzy, Obama was supposed to hold a big rally with his running mate Joe Biden in Manchester, NH, and then make an appearance on Saturday Night Live. But now, because of Ike, Obama is skipping SNL, and Biden is skipping Manchester.

Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki explained, “In light of the unfolding crisis in Texas, Senator Obama has decided it is no longer appropriate to appear on Saturday Night Live tomorrow evening.”

here is at least the hint from Obama aides that he pulled some punches because of the storm (as well as the fact that the Illinois Senator is fighting a stomach bug).

http://tinyurl.com/6lz73a

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Obama: I’ll ‘respond with the truth’

Chicago Tribune, United States - 22 hours ago
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe signaled the approach with a memo to reporters, promising to “respond with speed and ferocity” to McCain.

[Mad Dawgg]

"Despite a recent poll showing Sen. John McCain taking 50 percent of the vote in Virginia, Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign manager says the historically red state still is “enormously competitive.”'

Translation: We didn't plan on fighting for this state and we are diverting funds here to try and keep it.

[Paleo Conservative]

What's he been snorting? It's more like:

Obama team beat up in Va.

[word_warrior_bob]

sounds a bit delusional at this point.

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I’m almost at the point that I don’t care if we lose. Since we nominated Palin, I have been LMAO on a daily basis. It only gets better every day, this election has turned into SATIRE.

[ansel12]

“Plouffe added that Virginia’s viewers will see two new television ads — one talking about change and another calling McCain “out of touch” for, among other things, not knowing how to send e-mail. “

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The ad doesn’t say that McCain doesn’t “know” how to send an e-mail, it says that he “can’t”.

[sportutegrl]

I had hoped 0bama had moved past denial at this point.

[Plutarch]

...and North Carolina remain central to the Illinois senator’s strategy.

Geez, if NC is central to their strategy, our worries are over!

[jerod]

Completely delusional. I think we are about to witness the longest and most drawn out massive nervous breakdown in United States history.

[mombi]

I drive down a street in VA every now and then. Here is what I have seen:

2004: 15 Kerry signs.

2008: 1 Obama sign.

There is a lack of enthusiasm for him this year.

[HokieMom]

BTTT

[Corin Stormhands]

Obama team upbeat in Va.

At 7:45 p.m. on Election Day in 2004, John Kerry was "leading" in the Virginia exit polls.

I'm just sayin'...

[GoSarah]

WTF did the newspaper article expect Obama’s team to say? “Are you kidding?! VA was always a pipe dream! It’s a lost cause! Oh, yeah, and we’re getting our butts kicked all over the nation!”