Get out your shirts. Get out your flags. Heck, go grab your Official Obama Inauguration Plates because here we go again. Who knew it's almost been 4 years already since our President Barack Obama was voted into office with an overwhelming majority. Literally NO ONE thought he could do it. I don't know whether HE knew he was gonna win either. I remember writing a script for my show the week he announced his candidacy, and I didn't even write him in. He ran and lost some of the early primaries and I did not write him in! Then, he came to San Antonio. I got press passes, and rushed over to the Verizon Wireless Theatre, with my camera man John. Man can that guy speak! His speech was amazing and a cheer erupted after every pause. Now, he was not the first rally I've been to. I covered Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Huckabee, etc. But wow I was impressed with him.
But, he only came once. (Thats what she said) So that means for two years before November 2008, the job of campaigning in my city was given to volunteers in the region. Oh did they campaign! Buttons, signs, stickers, shirts, rallies, meetings, dinners, and the most important of all Facebook. Obama's campaign saw the internet as the most powerful tool in the belt. McCain thought the most powerful tool was his experience or Obama's lack of it. But poor old McCain couldn't see the amazing usefulness that the internet and modern day social media has. I can bore you with numbers of the statistics, how Obama had more websites, Facebook friends, internet staff, online groups, YouTube videos, and other resources. He even was able to raise millions of dollars online, which is probably the most important to him.
So, this time around, what did he do? Did he use his old campaign strategy? Did he recycle his contact list? Nope. He doubled everything. He made everything bigger. Newer. He wants to raise one billion dollars for his campaign. ONE BILLION. And I think he will have no trouble doing it, honestly. Not only will he have the support of his base, but of thousands who agree with some of his recent actions. However, it may not be all easy breezy for the President. His approval rating is lower. His actions have been questionable. His policies have failed, well some of them. So we believed in him. We supported him. We put all our eggs in his basket. Do we give him more time? Will we stop getting into wars? We left Iraq, but we just entered Libya. Same number of wars, different places. The economy is better, byt after his stimulus package was spent, state's suddenly ran out of money. Did that work? A lot of questions need to be answered so, he will have to answer them. On YouTube, on Facebook, and everywhere else he can find.
But whats the alternative? A Repubican? Sarah Palin? Newt Ginrich? Mike Huckabee? or worse. Donald Trump?! Nope. I say it'll be former governor Tom Pawlenty. And you heard it here first.
Anyways, Obama 2012. Let's get crazy into campaign mode. Party Politics will cover the whole year for you so keep an eye on here for interviews and blogs and all types of shiz.
-Emmanuel Delfin
Senior Political Editor
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