Team Obama seems to be
whistling past the graveyard:
Barack Obama's campaign envisions a path to the
presidency that could include Virginia, Georgia and several Rocky
Mountain states, but not necessarily the pair of battlegrounds that
decided the last two elections -- Florida and Ohio.
In a private pitch late last week to donors and former supporters
of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe
outlined several alternatives to reaching the 270 electoral votes
needed to win the White House that runs counter to the conventional
wisdom of recent elections.
Ri-iiight. Democrats can be forgiven for thinking that
sounds like a frank admission that Plouffe & Co have taken a
look at the
polls in Florida and realized they're facing big trouble from
the voters disenfranchised by the DNC. Also, the latest polls show
that
Obama got a smaller-than-expected "bounce" from clinching
against Hillary.
Jennifer Rubin of Commentary assesses the
situation:
Barack Obama's campaign manager is throwing out the
possibility that Obama might not win Ohio, Florida or Pennsylvania,
but could still win in November. All, I can say is, had they made
that argument during the primary Hillary Clinton's advisors would
have had a field day with the superdelegates. Try it at home using
this
handy map. It is not impossible. But it is really, really hard
for Obama to get to 270 in a credible way without these
states.
Have the "Masters of
Disasters" struck again? Remembering how the Clinton campaign
used Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" in 1992,
allow me to suggest as a theme song for Team Obama, "Over My
Head":
It may not feel so nice on Nov. 4.
topics:
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
