yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 8/28/2008
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The conventional wisdom about this campaign is that in some sense it “should” naturally fall into Barack Obama’s lap. It might not, though, because people have “doubts” about Obama. Thus his task is to “introduce himself” to the American people and cross some threshold of basic acceptability. But as this chart from Charles Franklin shows, that may not ...
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What Obama Needs to Do
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... ) notwithstanding, the race remains his to lose. The country is overwhelmingly in a mood to go in a different direction and they seem to like him. (Indeed, as Matt Yglesias notes, they seem to like both candidates.) Obama has to persuade people — who are just now starting to pay attention — that he’s got what it takes to lead. If he does that, he wins. If not, John McCain is what he was throughout the Republican primary process: The old reliable fallback position. Gernstein’s suggestion that Obama achieve that by pointing out the tough stances he’s already taken, though, ...
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