This Post is Not About Obama – It is about dumb, failed Democratic election strategies
I am not breaking my recent promise to have mercy on my liberal brothers and sisters by dragging poor Barack through the "purity" mud with my magic pony. I promise.
Rather - I am pointing out, (for my nth time as a blogger) that there are two ways to conduct a national campaign. There is the Democratic Party's system of trying to appeal to 5% of the "swing" voters through "triangulation." We can also call this the "50% plus 1" strategy that Bill Clinton won with. There is the "Energize the Base" strategy which a Democrat won with in 2008.