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I think Edwards was on to something when he started on "he was the most electable candidate against McCain" -- although clearly, he is not the most electable candidate against the Republicans -- Barack is. Barack should start communicating this point clearly soon. This is an especially important strategy vis a vis Hilary Clinton.

YES WE CAN

By Barb - Feb 15th, 2008 at 6:22 pm EST

Hi Everyone,

It seems like ages ago when the YES WE CAN song came about. We should continue to send it to people in the upcoming primaries states. It is so powerful and captures the tone of Obama's movement perfectly. I know it moved people to vote last time around when it went viral. Let's starting getting some play on it again.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY

YES WE CAN!

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Bill Schneider on CNN

By Barb - Jan 31st, 2008 at 9:57 pm EST

Good news. Bill Schnedier on CNN, based on his real time political ticker, pretty much ruled on the side of Obama overall. He had a few clear wins, while she did not. Also, he pointed out a couple of really obvious weakness/stumbles on the part of Clinton, but none on Obama.

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Electability, Electability, Electability

By Barb - Jan 23rd, 2008 at 9:34 am EST

Edwards was on to something when he started in on the "he's the most electable candidate against McCain" theme the other night -- albeit it fell on deaf ears as it's not a believable argument coming from Edwards. I think it would be received quite differently if Barack made a case for Electability. Barack has been consistently the most electable Democrat candidate against all Republican candidates. I'm looking at this from a strategic frame of mind. I'm an analyst, and from what I am seeing and hearing from people here and even mainstream media, Hilary Clinton's divisiveness is expanding, and people are starting to fear what another Clinton government would be like. What's more is that more and more people seem to rather vote for a Republican than Hilary Clinton! The ONLY WAY THAT REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE IS IF HILARY CLINTON WINS THE NOMINTATION! I believe this is a growing fear among the Democrat's base, right now. And if Barack's camp draws big attention to this issue, I believe this will sway many undecided voters, and even change the minds of some decided voters, to cast their vote to Obama.

This is also an appealing strategy as it is not a direct attack on Hilary personally (thus stooping to the Clintons' level). It's also a strategy that can be made by surrogates for Barack -- so Barack can stay on message about real issues and his theme of hope and change. I've been observing Edward's campaign, and he's been running a pretty smart campaign, with very targeted strategies and positioning. It's just too bad he does not have any ammunition to back up his strategies.

Thoughts? If people think this is a good strategy, someone should bring the post to the attention of HQ.

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