The Obama campaign does an excellent job of organizing its base of support and keeping people focussed and motivated. People generally think of the GOP as the party of discipline, marching in lockstep behind its candidate. This cycle, though, if the GOP has been the Wehrmacht of American politics, it’s just run up against the Democrat Red Army - a proverbial horde of young, inexperienced and somewhat rowdy campaign combatants held together by an almost fanatical belief in their cause and the leader at their helm.

So the comparisons aren’t flattering. Whatever. Barack Obama is (more…)

Now that he’s secured the nomination, Obama’s next challenge is transform his nomination platform into an electoral platform. I have no doubts that he’ll manage, neither do I have doubts that he’ll win the election. What I’m wondering is if he can hold his disparate coalition together long enough (more…)

Whew! It’s been a long fortnight since our last post, but we’ll be returning to our regular schedule…well, not really. Now we’re in the great build up to the general. Clinton has dropped out - graciously enough in the end - and Obama has picked up the bounce from it. And what have we been saying all this while? That McCain needed to make hay while the sun shone? We’ll have to see how well he’s built his defenses and he’d better hope they’re sturdy, cuz’ the big, bad Barack has just moved in next door an’ he’s gonna be a huffin’ an’ a puffin’. 

No offense intended to Obama. I’ll have a bigger post up soon enough.