Comments on: 26 Million Watched Obama Infomercial http://donklephant.com/2008/10/30/26-million-watched-obama-infomercial/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:15:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mike mcEachran http://donklephant.com/2008/10/30/26-million-watched-obama-infomercial/comment-page-1/#comment-422102 mike mcEachran Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:31:30 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=10019#comment-422102 I thought the knotty pine Oval Office was a little cringe worthy. But I guess they were willing to risk seeming presumtuous in an effort to help us adjust our eyes to seeing Obama with the trappings of office. (They were too early with the "Obama seal") It won't convince anyone; but I think they just wanted to comfort the jittery "leaners" - those who have that little voice in their head that says, "A black guy in the oval office? Really??" During that opening sequence, I thought Barack was going to walk around that desk, look right in the camera, and say, "Yeah - really..." I thought the knotty pine Oval Office was a little cringe worthy. But I guess they were willing to risk seeming presumtuous in an effort to help us adjust our eyes to seeing Obama with the trappings of office. (They were too early with the “Obama seal”) It won’t convince anyone; but I think they just wanted to comfort the jittery “leaners” – those who have that little voice in their head that says, “A black guy in the oval office? Really??” During that opening sequence, I thought Barack was going to walk around that desk, look right in the camera, and say, “Yeah – really…”

]]> By: kranky kritter http://donklephant.com/2008/10/30/26-million-watched-obama-infomercial/comment-page-1/#comment-422101 kranky kritter Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:15:03 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=10019#comment-422101 That brings up something I was contemplating in regard to this. We all know that campaign finance was enacted in part due to spending disparities between parties, which at the time favored the GOP fairly heavily. We also know that the democrats turned this around with Obama and he subsequently bailed on public finance. And the end result was that Obama had way, way, way more money to spend on his campaign. Over the past week, many bloggers have veered towards talking about this election in the past tense, presuming Obama's election inevitable, and moving right on to "what does the GOP do next?" The responses I've seen to that have leaned towards arguments about tactics, platforms, bases, and ideological approaches. At this point, I wouldn't make any bets about which way the GOP will go on such matters. But one thing I think you can bet the house on is a dead serious GOP commitment not to be out-fundraised in 2012. There'll be 100% agreement about the travesty of the 2008 gap, and matching or beating democrats will become job 1. Some dissenters may say that money won't solve the various other issues, but that won't stop fundraising from quickly becomes a major focus of efforts for 2010 and 2012. This is so obvious I am surprised I was the first person to make this call. That brings up something I was contemplating in regard to this. We all know that campaign finance was enacted in part due to spending disparities between parties, which at the time favored the GOP fairly heavily.

We also know that the democrats turned this around with Obama and he subsequently bailed on public finance. And the end result was that Obama had way, way, way more money to spend on his campaign.

Over the past week, many bloggers have veered towards talking about this election in the past tense, presuming Obama’s election inevitable, and moving right on to “what does the GOP do next?”

The responses I’ve seen to that have leaned towards arguments about tactics, platforms, bases, and ideological approaches. At this point, I wouldn’t make any bets about which way the GOP will go on such matters.

But one thing I think you can bet the house on is a dead serious GOP commitment not to be out-fundraised in 2012. There’ll be 100% agreement about the travesty of the 2008 gap, and matching or beating democrats will become job 1. Some dissenters may say that money won’t solve the various other issues, but that won’t stop fundraising from quickly becomes a major focus of efforts for 2010 and 2012.

This is so obvious I am surprised I was the first person to make this call.

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