When Obama tried one of his feeble attempts at defending his policies, just after the election, he was shouted down by the opposition who said that he still does not "get it". Well, I agree about the not getting it part, but obviously I do NOT agree about what he does not get. If he's really serious about getting re-elected then there are a few overdue statements he has to make during the state of the union today. I agree this is not the place for political campaigning, but it is the place to talk about his past record and it is his last chance to set it straight.

1) Refute "Spending Binge" Allegations Strongly and Defend Smart Government Spending and Investments
   i) Stimulus spending was necessary and a verycarefully planned investment, which worked beyond epxectations, and not doing it may have led to economic devastation of horrifying proportions.
  ii) Without goverment investments America would not be the country it is. You think if Eisenhower had decided that "spend as you go"is the only option, we would still not be able to drive across the country by car
  iii) Overriding Republican focus on deficits is plain wrong in a weak economy. The focus should be on reviving the economy and creating more jobs

 2) Convince Listeners That a Focus On "Jobs and Economy" Was Always His Priority And Will Continue To Be
    i) Continuing from the point above, if he had heeded republican advise and not gone for stimulus spending, not only would the financial markets have been destroyed by now, we would have 3.3 million more people unemployed. The stimulus not only resulted in more jobs, but it also included many smart investments which have paid off stupendous returns, such as General Motors and Citibank
    ii) The healthcare plan was not a "distraction" like it was made out to be. It is very much linked to the economy and jobs

3) Convince Listeners That "Deficit Management" Is Always On His Mind, And How Republican/Tea Party Policies Actually Increase The Deficits

4) Continue From Above and Provide Compelling Points of Healthcare package again, Specifically How it Reduces the Deficits

5) Advise Listeners That He is Willing To Work With Opposition But It Is Also Their Duty To Offer Specific Counter Proposals Instead of Just Saying "No"

I will try to complete this article soon, but a lot of fillers can be extracted from one of my previous articles here.

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Let’s stop focusing on the intricacies of the tax cut package for a while. Obama’s mistake all along has not been any of his policies, in fact he has probably done the best that you could hope for by any president. Right from his first six months when he pulled out all stops to revive a dangerously tottering economy (and was successful) by passing an superbly crafted stimulus package, despite the howls from the tea party poopers. His admin came up with innovative ideas like cash for clunkers and housing tax credit to try various methods to provide a boost for the economy and all their efforts did work spectacularly as the economy starting going into growth mode within a year of his taking office and the stock market doubled since the passing of the stimulus package. Most Americans cannot even begin to fathom what the situation would be if Obama hadn’t taken the right steps to revive confidence in the financial markets and institutions.

But, he failed to defend it aggressively when the opposition tried to cover up the progress that he had made and tried to knock him down along with the economy by scaremongering on deficits and national debt. He failed to defend the healthcare package enough, which was a mixed bag but definitely a step in the right direction as something had to be done about the rising premiums. He didn’t fight the misleading distortions fabricated by the tea party that the stimulus package was a bailout and he didn’t castigate them for talking down the economy by haring on their ‘out of the blue’ and ill-timed concern for deficits (when the economy is in a depression? Common!).

Maybe his thinking was that it would be best as president to stay out of mudfights and be ‘presidential’. Alternatively, maybe he thought that it would be best to if the congress is divided, as it would put some of the blame on the republicans and force them to walk their talk and cast unpopular votes. He did campaign hard in the last month before the election but it was obviously too late and too little, and there was still not enough of a defence of his policies. That was a big letdown for the votes who got him in and for the voters who wanted to vote for his party again in 2010, as it is his duty, and a duty towards those supporting his policies and defending him, to educate the nation about his policies and actions and also point out the vicious untruths being spread out there to brainwash the unaware voters (to their credit they did a good job, because suddenly everybody was concerned about the ‘deficit’). Hell, it IS his duty to tell the American people who is lying and who is fighting for them, for the liars did not blink while trying their best to destroy the very economy that he was fighting so hard to rebuild. It IS his duty to tell after the elections that he was more concerned about the long-term deficits that his two-faced opposition and that is why he was not supporting extending the tax cuts for the rich and that was why he came up with a brand new healthcare plan. He has been working on the same issues that the voters found him lacking on, but obviously he was not able to communicate to them. That should have been message… of course, he did try a weak defense while admitting the ‘shellacking;, but immediately backed down when there were headlines saying ‘Doesn’t Obama Get it Even Now?’.

His policies cost the party in the elections, but he still had one more chance, which he didn’t take and that was the biggest mistake of his career. Instead of taking the opportunity after the election to strongly defend his policies and denounce the misinformation that many voters had about his policies due to the lies of the opposition. He should have said the things mentioned above and should have told the votes in no uncertain terms that the short-term economic revival and long-term deficits are key focuses for him and he will not accept any proposals from the Republicans which will derail the progress he has made on both.

He should have hit back hard when they were throwing baseless allegations at him that he was not focusing on job growth and instead was focusing on healthcare and 'big government'. He should have left no doubt in people's minds that his stimulus package had job creation (which is associated with economic growth) at the core, and included many proposals for governement investments that would not only add many jobs but would would also improve America's failing infrastrucuture (killing two birds with one stone). He should have emphasized his growth initiatives like 'cash for clunkers' and home buyer's tax cut which helped the economy and created more jobs, and that government investments are necessary in such disastrous economic times. When there is no defence, then the prosecution gets a walkover even if their allegations are bucketfuls of horse excretions. Now all that mud will stick to him forever and any gains that have been made by his proposals and policies over the past two years and the new tax cuts will get attributed to the republicans, for they will take credit for passing that law and helping the economy turn the corner. He would be though of as a clueless guy who focused on the wrong things and pushed his socialist agenda, till the republicans won the house and knockedsome sense into him, whereas the republicans/tea party were just talking down the economy all this while and trying to reverse the economic progress as they did not want Obama to suceed (and the country be damned).

Instead, he got the wrong advise that he should take this opportunity to show the voters that ‘he gets it’ and show his willingness to move towards the center and win back the moderates. So he meekly parroted the tea party quacks, and abandoned any defence of his policies, and immediately started pushing out the proposals of his deficit panel within a few weeks of the election. Heck, the panel was set a long time ago and instead of using that as an opportunity to tell the public that the panel was set up long before these butter brains knew what that meant, as he was always concerned about long-term deficits and that they are ready with their findings now. However, his lack of any spine in standing up for his work made him look like a person who had no clue that the deficits were an important factor to be considered for long-term economic stability and that the election of the republicans and the hammering of the message by the tea party finally made him see the light. His quick willingness to negotiate with the republicans and pass the tax cut package again sheds him in the same light and the credit for retaining the tax cut and all the good middle class benefits will be snatched by the republicans. They will again claim this step as something Obama had to take because they took the house and they forced him to take the right steps for the economy.

Obama is probably happy that he has the votes of the republicans on record that he can use against them, but he doesn’t realize that because he did not stand up and educate the American public about the good that he has done, which is now bringing fruit, the republicans will claim the credit for the recovery gaining steam over the next two years (thanks to Obama's policies) as they will point out that a lot of it happened after they took over the house and pushed Obama to take the right steps.

Not setting the record straight before the election, or even after it, is the biggest mistake that Obama has made so far. He will find out that the hard way that it is very difficult to change the hard-set perception that many people now have of him, and lost credibility (even that lost due to lies) cannot be regained easily and when a lot of mud gets thrown at you then some it does stick unless you make an effort to clean it up.

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In a rally, President Obama said that this election is a "choice between the policies that are getting us into this mess versus policies that are getting us out of this mess". The voters, on the other hand, are asking questions such as "how will we pay almost a trillion dollars for healthcare? Why did we bail out wall street with a stimulus package? Why aren't we doing anything about jobs?" This basic disconnect is the reason why the democrats are losing now and have lost in the past too. They never answer the questions head-on and dive into this heady complex sermons that go nowhere. Look at this article, this article and this article to see what I mean. Obama made statements which sound like typical politicial sound bites and statements which address nothing and is still trying to rally people using 2008 slogans like 'Yes, we can!' and "GW Bush is responsible for the mess we're in."

It's obvious from the article that David Axelrod is the genius behind the 'we're in the mess because of the failed policies of the previoud admin' brainwave. Wow, we couldn't ask for anything better, after two years of running the country, to say that 'it's not my fault, he messed it up'. What is still inexplicable is "why is is so hard to understand that you have to defend, clarify and explain your policies to the people, especially when they are expressing serious concern about most of them". Why does the democratic campaign run away from basic principles such as standing up for your work and strongly refuting blatantly false allegations cooked up by the opponents? Well, it's too late to think about that, but the first we ought to do Wednesday morning is to give David Axelrod the boot and hire somebody with basic smarts such as Tom Perriello.

Why Tom Perriello? This is how easy he makes it look .. when asked about the stimulus package, he said "Let's all act like grown people here. We all know that the stimulus package was necessary to preven the economy from going into depression." and for the healthcare he said "Look, we had to do something about healthcare, as the premiums were going through the roof. This is not a perfect package, but it is a step in the right direction and if we think about new ideas instead of just criticising it blindly we can come up with make it better.".

That's it takes to win an election ... of course, you may ask why is Tom Perriello not leading in that case? The problem is that Tom Perriello's head-on campaign was too little too late, and due to the national democrats 'roll over and stick head in sand' approach while the tea party was ravaging Obama's policies and distorting them and brainwashing the general public with calculated misinformation, some of the mud stuck and has been difficult to wipe clean by just one lone man. But the fact that he is still within striking distance in a race which he won by just 737 votes in a bumper year for democrats shows that honesty and conviction in your actions is always looked up by the American electorate.

I've covered the elements of a simple campaign strategy that can make it a 'slam dunk' for the democrats in this article, but apparently the democrats are hellbent on making it very difficult for them. We cannot tolerate this absolute incompetency in terms of campaigning skills and we have to make sure that the president pays attention to a broader base of advise in terms of campaign strategy and he listens to what an 'average Joe' like us thinks of his campaign and incorporates our inputs.

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This post outlines a broad strategy that the Obama administration and democrats should use to counter the non-stop campaign of misinformation and mud-slinging from the opposition and win back people’s mind and hearts. The statements outlined in the strategy need not be delivered by the president themselves (though some can) but is meant to form the crux of the content of a communications team that monitors the current discussions in the press and streets an delivers an immediate and forceful response. It is a 24-hour news cycle out there and we cannot let all headlines and airwaves be dominated by the opposition who keep twisting and distorting all policies and actions and brain washing the general public. It is important to have a 24x7 communications room that calls out the half-truths and deception that is constantly being generated by the other side, because if people throw enough mud then some of it will stick and will continue to make the picture more murky. A lot of people out there are plain misinformed and manipulated and it is very important that the veil of deception thrown by the opposition be lifted and the truth be uncovered.

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During every election all passionate voters get into frequent bouts of armchair quarterbacking and will wax eloquent about what their candidate is doing wrong and what exactly their candidate should do to win the election. The campaigns of the candidates do get a lot of email and calls from such voters and they also keep track of the campaign’s successes and missteps from TV shows and papers. For the most part though, a campaign will use the current polls as the barometer of their success or failure and a very small portion of the valuable feedback from the average American voter (and more importantly the ‘battle ground’ average American voter) makes it through to them. 

Such feedback can be pretty valuable as it is such voters that watch the daily working of both the campaigns, and follow a good portion of their speeches, attacks, counter-attacks and talking points. How such a voter perceives each of their steps and what impact their ads are having on such a voter can be very valuable for the campaigns. The campaigns might trying to cull such tactical feedback (if they’re smart) from the voters but it is not something that is very easy in spite of the information age and they might be getting drowned in a lot of conflicting feedback. Also, every body and their uncle will claim to have the magic formula for victory and will be very vocal about offering advise on what the campaign should do. I belong to that segment of the vocal population too and (like them) I believe I have developed a crystal clear insight on what the democratic campaigns have been doing wrong in the past two elections (including this one) and I have listed out detailed steps (see below) , both strategic and tactical, that the democratic campaign should take to outfox the republicans, turn the tables on each of their attacks, and easily grab the momentum back from them. I do feel that I have a hand on the pulse of the average American (especially the battleground) voter, and hence that makes me suitably qualified to give advise on how to make an impact on them.

I strongly believe if the Obama campaign learns from the mistakes made in 2004 and adopts a revamped strategy comprising of the key components listed below then this election could indeed be a 'slam dunk' (with all due respect Georgie - I mean Tenet of course) for Obama. This might make Rove put on his thinking cap again instead of pressing 'replay' on the 2004 tape (which is what he's doing now).

Hit Back Hard – Smartly 

The democrats have always feared the famed republican attack machine, which is indeed very impressive (though almost always follows their ‘web of deception’ policy), and most of the time end up with an inadequate response and just playing into their hands. What the democrats don’t realize is that these attacks are actually god’s gifts for the democrats. John Kerry just needed to do one thing to win the 2004 election and that opportunity was dropped in his lap by the republicans. In response to the swift-boating attacks he should have announced that he is going to give his response on national television (so that enough votes see it, hopefully close to the election date). In that response speech all he had to do as stand straight like a ramrod and in a tough tone deliver a knockout punch to the republicans, with words to the following effect.

“My fellow Americans, I have been following over the past couple of weeks a despicable web of deception being weaved by the campaign and friends of George W Bush. I decided that I cannot stay quiet any longer because one thing I cannot and will not tolerate is somebody attacking my patriotism and service to our beloved country. I have fought for my country selflessly and with a lot of dedication because I love my country and whenever our country is in trouble I will be the first person the frontlines. It is downright shameful that people will stoop low enough to attack, disrespect and malign our veterans, whether it is me or my friend Max Cleland or any other veteran for that matter, for the sole selfish purpose of winning elections. Our veterans have fought bravely for our country, have shed blood, and have selflessly offered their life to our nation when our nation needed it the most. I, for one, will not stand by quietly when somebody ridicules the service of those very veterans, and especially when such statements come from people who have never worn the uniform and have tried every trick in the book to wiggle out of fighting for our country and risking their life.”

Something to that effect, maybe leading that speech to an ending note of “I will be as determined to defend our nation this time around too and I assure all Americans that I will launch a manhunt of unprecedented proportions to find the terrorists who dared attack our nation.” (you get the idea). I can almost guarantee you that the election would have been in Kerry’s pocket if he had given such a speech. Ten minutes and the election would have been won! So simple, and the people who are supposed to know the voters’ brains inside out couldn’t figure this out? The Kerry campaign got away pretty lightly considering their costly incompetence and the disservice they did to the nation.

Again, the reason why it was critical to give the response has to do with the perception of the candidate and how he relates himself/herself to the average American voter, and in this case especially the ‘battleground’ American voter. Especially for Kerry, this was a golden opportunity to shatter his image of a weak, waffling, French poodle (that the republicans smartly cultivated) and show some toughness and bluster that the battleground voter likes to see in their candidates.

 It is crucial that the Obama campaign understands this very well because the republicans are still sticking to the same strategy as 2004, because it is still working! (boy, they must be laughing their pants off). The republicans are really good at tarnishing the image of a candidate (using blatant deception most of the times) and diminishing the credibility of the candidate in the voters’ eyes. They are doing the same thing to Obama that they did with Kerry (remember the waffling French poodle) and Obama is dangerously close to having the image that republicans are painting of him stick to him forever (or at least till the election).

The sad part is that these attacks are actually gifts for the republicans as I mentioned before, and almost every one of them can be made to turn around like a boomerang and knock them out. For example, as I wrote in this post hitting back the right way, and at the right time, is all it takes to turn the tables on the republican attacks and make the attacks work against the republicans themselves. Another example of an unjustified republican attack is the one that the McCain campaign came up with recently accusing Obama of ‘Not being a leader during the financial crisis and not taking a stand’. Again, all Obama has to do is stand straight like a ramrod, and ina sincere and tough tone flood all the mediums (and make a public appearance on TV as this is an important issue) with his response, which should be something to the effect of:

“The McCain campaign has once again taking the low road and playing the politics of deception by deliberately distorting the truth. It is sad that they are willing to stoop so low to win an election and have taken to lying blatantly to win votes.  Now, let me tell you the truth on the financial crisis that we witnessed recently and is still by no means done with. Much before the crisis came to this stage I was one of the few advocating improving the regulation of the wall street companies as they were definitely not doing a good job of regulating themselves and were putting a lot of people’s money and the economy at risk. Now the whole financial world is coming around to that same conclusion and have recently announced that the wall street investment will be converted to commercial banks and will be subject to more regulation.

I have been right on the economy long before John McCain figured out what was wrong with it. In fact, the truth is that John McCain and the republican party was completely flummoxed by the recent crisis, caught unawares, at a loss for solutions, and have been flip-flopping on their statements every day. This past Monday, when the crisis was in full swing, John McCain said regulation is not the answer, and on Wednesday he flip-flopped and agreed that more regulation was indeed required. On Monday, he said that the government should not help AIG and interfere in free markets, and on Wednesday he changed his tune yet again. The truth is that McCain is clueless on the economy and on how to handle the financial crisis, and he is casting blatantly false allegations on his opponent to divert people from the truth and cover up his woefully inadequate and clueless response to the financial crisis.”

Again, words to that effect, with a nice head and tail, concluding with the democratic record on the economy and highlighting how his economic policies will help the average American and the economy. That is all it takes to blunt the republicans attacks and make them work against the republicans themselves. The risk of not responding to the attacks is that some of the mud that the republicans are throwing will stick on Obama’s image (hey, we know that many voters are gullible enough to fall for these deceptions). That is what the republicans are trying here again, to paint a negative image of Obama as somebody who does not have any leadership qualities and is clueless on the economy.

In conclusion, it is critical that the Obama campaign wakes up now, and open up a 24 hour communication room whose one important duty would be to pro-actively monitor republican attacks, plan monstrous responses to republican attacks, and turn the  republican attack machine against the republicans themselves. It is very important to understand the mindset of the battleground voter, who likes to see a little of himself/herself in the presidential candidate and when they see somebody who cannot defend himself, even against unjustified attacks, they perceive him to be weak, under-confident, lacking leadership or guilty as charged. Such an image, especially during a time of war, can be political suicide and the democrats need to work right away on building the image of their candidate (and also at chipping away the image of their opponent(s).

That was just one aspect, albeit the most important one, of the multi-pronged revamped campaign strategy that I’m advocating. The rest of the points that I have in mind, that should form a part of the complete Obama campaign strategy, are listed below. I will elaborate on each one of these points listed below in the coming days.

Do not zig while they zag

While the republicans were pounding Obama as usual he decided to attack back. Great. What exactly did he attack them with? While they were pounding him about the ‘Lipstick’ comment and Oil Drilling, he chose to send out an attack ad saying that McCain is out of touch (can’t type email) and that his term will be Bush’s third term. Huh? Firstly, that attack is stale and most importantly you have to attack back on the same topic. You cannot avoid a response to an attack and hope that it’ll go away. It makes you appear real chicken and that does not go down well with the battleground voter. More recently while McCain was bashing Obama about 'not taking a stand during the financial crisis' and 'not providing leadership' Obama decided to attack back by talking about McCain's social security program and economic policies. If you want to win, remember this very important rule - hit back on the topic of their attack FIRST and then talk about something else. Check out this article where I've given one example of how to take their attacks head on and turn their attack machine on themselves.

Do Not Blame Bush/McCain for Everything

Your attack strategy should go beyond "this problem is due to the failed policies of Bush/McCain". Look, we understand Bush is unpopular and you would like to keep on tying McCain to Bush. Got it. Now, let's move on. Over the past few years even democratic voters are getting tired of listening to empty critisicms and not anything more substantive (the critisicms are important mind you, but they have to be more substantive too). Recently when the financial world was crumbling Obama went on his usual 'tape' of "The failed policies of Bush/McCain are responsible for this mess". Firstly, it makes you sound like a typical politician because this statement has been repeated by every democratic offocie holder on earth for everything (if it gets too hot in summer then it's Bush policies on global warming). In fact, it behooves you to speak positively once in a while, especially when the other side has really done a good job, because it makes you look like you are an objective and magnanimous person and not the typical scheming politican. It rasies your image in the voters' mind, especially the battleground voter. If Bush did a good job with Gustav then tell the voter that "even though the Bush government totally mismanaged the Katrina aftermath they did a good job on planning for Gustav and I congratulate them for it". That way when you hit hard on the issues which need hard hitting people will listen to you intently and will believe you.

The Iraq war, 9/11 and security are still very important

You can never ignore security as a campaign issue, especially during the time of war. Add a little bit of bluster to your persona (Mr. Obama) and tell the nation how your judgement proved right on the Iraq war and how our brave soliders and their families paid such a big price due to one horribly wrong decision by the president. Get ANGRY (don't explode though) and tell the nation that the pieces of dirt who attacked us on 9/11 are still out there and whether it is important for Bush and McCain or not it will be one of his missions' during his presidency to hunt down the rats who killed Americans on American soil (a little bit of bluster is NECESSARY considering the voters you are targeting and very importantly will go some way towards taking that 'tough on security' mantle off the republicans which is very important). Do not ignore security and focus just on the economy as a campaign issue. Remember, the Iraq war still generates very strong passions amongst voters and you got to remind them that you were right and McCain is still wrong on it. Hit the republicans back HARD with the very security stick that they consider to be their sole domain.

Splash on some Americana and bond with small town Americans

Go for a training course if you have to, for god’s sake, and learn to relate and bond with the battleground votes which means that you should add a little bit of ‘Americana’ to your personality and delivery style. Heck (yeah, use that too) talk about football, talk about how great our country is (they like to hear that – America is exceptional!) and you’d like to keep it that way. Talk about one of your biggest priorities being hunting down Bin Laden and dragging him out of his rat hole to the States and teach him and his comrades the consequences of attacking America (bluster helps with these folks … yeah for that matter use ‘folks’ too). Tell them it’s obviously not a priority for Bush and McCain but you cannot rest in peace till we get the guys who killed 3000 americans … you get the idea. Now go for it, cowboy.

Fight Nationally.

Don’t just fight local in the battleground statesIt is a mistake to think the rest of the country doesn’t need to see/hear the campaigns you are fighting in the battleground states. Some of the issue though present conflicting interest in different states and those can be left alone, but is important that you build your image nationally as that is crucial for a presidential campaign and provides the synergy you need.

Wrest the initiative on the attacks.

Show the other side for what they are. Remember, you got to chip away on the other side’s image the same way they’re chipping at yours. 

Read my article on how to hit back at Palin and McCain. Click here to read my latest post on the final republican attack assault on Obama and how to turn it to Obama's advantage.

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I can't believe that the Obama campaign's comeback after Palin's Peak and some nasty attacks by Republicans consisted of the same recycled stale news that McCain is out of touch and is a Bush redux. Common guys, if you can't do better than that then admit it and resign and let somebody else do a capable job for the first time in a democratic campaign after JFK (and I certainly don't mean Kerry). I'll give you a quick rundown of what you should be doing.

Whenever the McCain campaign comes out with an attack ad (or verbal attack) HIT BACK with a HUGE RESPONSE which should just floor them. For example, I've outlined in my previous post how you should have responded to the 'Lipstick Ad' (Post link - http://www.hitbackharder.com/blogengine.net/post/2008/09/10/Why-isnt-the-Obama-campaign-hitting-back-harder-on-the-Lipstick-on-a-pig-comment.aspx). The response to the 'Sex Education' attack should have been equally forceful with the idea that the tables should be turned on their intention to use the attack to create a negative image of Obama as a person, make him lose his credibility and attack his very character to show him as person who is no way eligible to be president. These attacks are god's gifts to to the democrats and provide an effortless way to undermine the credibility of McCain and show their campaign (and their candidate by association) as scheming, immoral and knowingly manipulating the American voter's minds to get elected.

As I wrote in the lipstick post the monstrous response to every attack should include words like 'The McCain campaign has knowingly twisted Senator's Obama's words (and/or votes) and has adopted a lowly road to this campaign of trying blatantly cheap and dirty tricks to get elected.' The same approach can be used for the Sex education attack.  It is completely obvious from the law that Senator Obama voted for that this law can by no means be called sex education and is a very well-intentioned measure to prevent our children from getting abused and make our children aware of the predators that are around'. There is no room for doubt for any person who has read this law, so this clearly shows that once more the McCain campaign has adopted the disgusting tactic of spreading blantant lies about Senator Obama to malign him and create a nagative image of him amongst the voters. They have compromised their principles so far thay they don't even think twice about knocking down laws that protect our children fr0om the horrors of abuse.' ... I'm sure you get the idea and can take it up from here.

It is extremely critical that the response is given back immediately after an attack and should be so huge that it should flood every communications medium and should not only drown their attack but should show them in extremely poor light for adopting such underhanded and lowly campaign tactics. Any delay in responding or more importantly (which is what is happening) NOT RESPONDING seriously endangers the image of the candidate under attack (Senator Obama) which is very difficult to reverse once it sticks (like it happenned with John Kerry .. .very difficult to shake off the image of a waffling weak french poodle). Also, I'm surprised that the All American campaign teams cannot be insightful enough to figure out how an ordinary american average joe from the mainlands (the 'battlegrounds' which the Obama campaign is supposed to be focusing on) thinks. They respect a guy who stands up for himself and defends himself from unjustified attacks and would likely think of a guy to who keeps quiet under attacks as weak (or guilty as charged). That is one image you cannot afford to have for your candidate especially in a time of war when national security is always in the background of voters' minds. I haven;t spent all my time in America but it's amazing that I can feel the pulse of a regular American much more easily that the Obama campaign folks. There's very little time for you guys to change tack and I implore not to reject any advice outright and come up with a forceful campaign which gives due importance to the importance of image building in a campaign.

 More to follow .. there's so much so add on the winning campaign strategy. 

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