Losing Steam?

Obama’s Campaign That Never Ends is finding that peoples’ enthusiasm for endless campaigning has limits:

It’s not so surprising that activity [on the campaign list-servers that served so many of the campaign’s communications needs last year] is way down from the election. In one Gmail inbox I used to track groups in swing states, MyBO group emails went from 4,200 messages in October to just under 300 in the last 30 days — a decline of 93%. However, the content too is considerably less upbeat. Here’s part of a message I got to my local group summing up recent election results and looking forward to the June Virginia primary:

Let’s prove that 2008 wasn’t a fluke because of the cult of Obama….the long term demographic trends are in our favor but WE CAN’T BRING CENSUS AND POLLING DATA TO THE BALLOT BOX and declare victory.

So far this year there have been several special elections in Virginia and the results haven’t been good….WE RECENTLY LOST TWO CITY COUNCIL SEATS IN ALEXANDRIA (voted 72% for Obama) and came close to losing Brian Moran’s Delegate seat and Rep. Gerry Connolly’s Chairmanship of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors (home of 1 million people).  Because of EXTREMELY LOW TURNOUT these races came down to a handful of votes as the ELECTORATE OF THE “PAST” DECIDED THE WINNER.

On a similar note, PRESIDENT OBAMA NEEDS US to get involved in the upcoming HEALTH CARE REFORM BATTLE.  So, keep in mind that elections might require the most work for the “community organizer” in us, but WE NEED TO STAY ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNITY TO GET THE RESULTS WE WANT after our candidates get elected.

The all-caps exhortations seem kind of…. forced, no? Like it isn’t as easy anymore without Obama on the ballot. As the e-mail accurately notes, there is a partisan realignment of sorts going on in Northern Virginia local elections, with Republicans coming within one percent of capturing the chairmanship of the Fairfax Board of Supervisors, a Republican picking up the supervisor seat of the newly elected chair in a quite Democratic, close-in district, a pickup of two seats on the Alexandria City Council, and the almost inexplicable near-win of Brian Moran’s old House of Delegates seat.

I don’t think you’re going to see a lot of talk about Obama swinging formerly “red” States in 2012, at this rate.

6 thoughts on “Losing Steam?

  1. Obama is simply following Bush’s example. Bush campaigned relentlessly, much of the Iraq war was commented on directly inside his administration as being ALSO about winning in 2004. Bush created the monster, you had no problems with it then, so save your hypocritical vitriole, it’s just self-indicting bluster after all.

    But what’s truly funny is that while you righties had no problem with a President who spent more time raising campaign cash than he did acting as President in Bush, those on the left actually tire of endless diatribe, posturing, lies and campaign funding calls.

    Your fingers are pointing back at you I think.

  2. And Mitch, making a prediction that the President’s party won’t swing many states in mid-terms, or even in a run for a second term, is a bit like predicting it might rain someday.

    You are REALLY stepping out on a limb there, guy, whoa, slow down.

  3. But, but, but, but, but, but, but Booooosh… blah blah blah…

    Peev, how much talking and talking and talking has Obama done thus far and how does that compare to the evil Bush?

    Either an answer or run along back to your little Penisblog.

  4. making a prediction that the President’s party won’t swing many states in mid-terms

    I’m actually predicting that a lot of the “swing” that happened in the past election is temporary, and that its shelf life has passed.

  5. The most visible national Republicans at the moment are Cheney, Limbaugh and Steele. You got anybody with approval ratings higher than Darth Vader?

  6. T-Paw seems to be in the national spot light lately for his stance against the tax and tax and spend DFL.

    You say you are going to spend your way out of debt, eh AssClown?

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