The final installment of our latest D.C. Insider interview reveals President Obama’s plans for victory in 2012 – and what may cause potential defeat, as well as thoughts on Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, and others, including a surprising pick regarding the possible candidate most dangerous to Barack Obama.
But you still say Obama will most likely be re-elected in 2012 – which brings us to the next election cycle, and how the Republicans might defeat Obama. You promised me you would share your thoughts on that.
That’s right…
So let’s hear it.
Yeah – fine. But here’s where I really need you to just sit back and listen. This is my world now – this is what I do. This is what I am. So when I get going on this subject, I don’t want interruptions. Let me go. Not sure where we’ll end up exactly, but don’t interrupt me.
Fair enough – so get to it.
Ok…Obama, President Obama, his basic gameplan is to simply re-enact 2007 and 2008 all over again. This idea has been confirmed to me a number of times. That’s Plouffe’s role – bring back the magic. The question on everyone’s mind though is can he actually pull that off? 2008 was an extraordinary event – all the stars were aligned for that, and in hindsight, it was actually quite easy to roll over the electorate. The media was all in for the cause, few questions asked, an articulate, dynamic black candidate – America made up its mind long before the first votes were cast. So as to whether or not Obama can do it all again in 2012…I say yes. I say no.
Yes because Obama still has the support of most of the media, and that is crucial – so incredibly crucial. Anyone who has not witnessed a campaign from the inside does not fully appreciate how much benefit this is to a candidate – especially one with the kind of baggage Obama comes with. Now will a few media personalities try and question the president the second time around? I believe so – but the campaign is already preparing for that, and will simply attempt to drown out such examples. This campaign has already raised huge sums of money, and the donors who were problematic to Obama last year, are for the most part back on board. He will have their support. They are not nearly as enthusiastic, but most of them will be helping to prop up Obama in 2011 and 2012, or at the very least, not doing anything to get in his way. The Obama team has already starting to spend money in key battleground states. They’ve conducted a slew of internal polling that show the president still has an advantage over a generic Republican candidate, and an electoral path to victory in 2012 – though not as substantial a victory as before. Information is coming out more readily this time around – firms are being hired, or interviewed, and some of these people, while more than willing to cash those checks, are quite a bit more skeptical regarding Obama and the upcoming campaign than last time. The idealism from within the machine is much-much less than before. As one guy put it a few weeks back, “We’ll take their money – but this guy is a hell of a lot weaker candidate than people know.”
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