Year: 2011

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.

In addition to hearing form Delaware Lt. Gov. Matt Denn tomorrow night at the monthly meeting of the Progressive Democrats for Delaware Wednesday night, we will also hear from Mike D'Armi, the Delaware State Director for Obama for America.

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AFTER MEETING WITH HOUSE REPUBLICAN AND SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP

The underlying message: Unlike his opponents, Barack Obama doesn't have the luxury of playing the political game on a 24x7 basis. He's not just a candidate, he's President of the United States of America. He's got the responsibility to govern, and he's not going to lose sight of that. The intended contrast with the GOP is obvious. While Republicans will nominate a candidate for whom winning will be job number one, President Obama's most important job is and will continue to be leading the nation.