Kathianne
05-12-2012, 11:07 PM
I found them interesting. Discuss:
http://moelane.com/2012/05/11/election-2012-the-long-slow-retreat-of-obama-for-america/
Election 2012: The long, slow retreat of Obama for America. (http://moelane.com/2012/05/11/election-2012-the-long-slow-retreat-of-obama-for-america/)
It’s funny, really. Somebody like Mark Halperin sees this (http://swampland.time.com/2012/05/07/the-view-from-one-prudential-plaza-why-the-obama-campaign-is-so-confident/):
Barack Obama’s decision to base his re-election campaign outside of Washington seems to be working pretty darn well. The campaign’s massive, high-rise headquarters in Chicago’s Loop achieves a fine balance between 2008’s hip-casual dorm room (there’s a Ping-Pong table and cheeky homemade signage) and 2012’s systematized Death Star (there are more employees than I have ever seen in a political campaign, with work stations subdivided as ever more employees are added). The place hums from early morning until late at night, designed for maximum efficiency and manifest focus.
and thinks “Success!” I see it and think “High burn rate.” Also: “Hubris.” Let’s talk about why.
Visualization of the Electoral College totals will be helpful, so I’m going to show a series of maps (via 270toWin (http://www.270towin.com/)) and give my explanation of what I think each one represents. A lot of this is subjective, so if you think that I’m generally full of it anyway you have my permission to keep thinking that. Anyway, let’s start with the baseline:
http://moelane.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Ceiling-300x233.jpg (http://moelane.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Ceiling.jpg)
. . .
It's after this that things get really interesting.
http://moelane.com/2012/05/11/election-2012-the-long-slow-retreat-of-obama-for-america/
Election 2012: The long, slow retreat of Obama for America. (http://moelane.com/2012/05/11/election-2012-the-long-slow-retreat-of-obama-for-america/)
It’s funny, really. Somebody like Mark Halperin sees this (http://swampland.time.com/2012/05/07/the-view-from-one-prudential-plaza-why-the-obama-campaign-is-so-confident/):
Barack Obama’s decision to base his re-election campaign outside of Washington seems to be working pretty darn well. The campaign’s massive, high-rise headquarters in Chicago’s Loop achieves a fine balance between 2008’s hip-casual dorm room (there’s a Ping-Pong table and cheeky homemade signage) and 2012’s systematized Death Star (there are more employees than I have ever seen in a political campaign, with work stations subdivided as ever more employees are added). The place hums from early morning until late at night, designed for maximum efficiency and manifest focus.
and thinks “Success!” I see it and think “High burn rate.” Also: “Hubris.” Let’s talk about why.
Visualization of the Electoral College totals will be helpful, so I’m going to show a series of maps (via 270toWin (http://www.270towin.com/)) and give my explanation of what I think each one represents. A lot of this is subjective, so if you think that I’m generally full of it anyway you have my permission to keep thinking that. Anyway, let’s start with the baseline:
http://moelane.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Ceiling-300x233.jpg (http://moelane.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Ceiling.jpg)
. . .
It's after this that things get really interesting.