Obama’s Florida Strategy: PLAY THE RACE CARD
By Truthteller on June 21, 2008 at 1:59 AM in Barack Obama, Electability, Electoral College, Florida, Obamatopia, Race, Race Card
According to a poll Rasmussen released today, McCain will beat Obama in Florida by at least a margin of eight points. I quote:
The Florida survey also found that McCain currently leads Obama in the state by a 47% to 39% margin. Six percent (6%) said they would vote for some other candidate while 8% are undecided.
However, after voters were told that McCain favored offshore drilling and Obama opposed it, McCain’s lead increased to eleven points, 49% to 38%. While a three-point net gain is not stunning, it is significant that the issue didn’t push voters towards Obama. All of McCain’s gains on the offshore drilling issue came from male voters.
How does Obama respond to the results of this poll? He drops the race card, of course. I quote Barack Obama, who according to Mark Halperin uttered the following at a fundraising event this evening in Jacksonville, Florida:
“The choice is clear. Most of all we can choose between hope and fear. It is going to be very difficult for Republicans to run on their stewardship of the economy or their outstanding foreign policy. We know what kind of campaign they’re going to run. They’re going to try to make you afraid. They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black?
["]He’s got a feisty wife.”
Even better, however, is Obama’s decision to project everything he disavows about himself and his campaign onto his Republican opponents. He continued,
“We know the strategy because they’ve already shown their cards. Ultimately I think the American people recognize that old stuff hasn’t moved us forward. That old stuff just divides us.”
Let us summarize the Obama campaign strategy: when one is poised to lose, drop the race card, but be sure to claim your opponents are the ones who are divisive, even if you are the one who disenfranchised the voters to whom you are appealing for funds. Always eschew any and all discussions on policy, and always refer to your opponents as racist and xenophobic. This is Obama’s version of unity, and this is Obama’s notion of waging a different type of political campaign. Welcome to Obamatopia, where the deck is always stacked with strategically placed race cards to be played with impunity.
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