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Obama campaign tailors message for key states and voters
The president's strategy won't depend on a nationwide wave of support or on a single theme like in 2008.
By Michael A. Memoli, Christi Parsons and Kathleen Hennessey
May 3, 2012, 5:24 p.m.
WASHINGTON — If Barack Obama's first presidential campaign was part cultural phenomenon, part national movement, his second may look a bit more modest — like a series of well-run Senate campaigns.
Facing the reality of running as a bruised incumbent in a politically divided country, Obama's advisors say they are plotting a strategy that doesn't depend on a wave of support to lift the president's chances across the country. And it won't hinge on a single theme based on ideas such as "hope" and "change" that defined the campaign and captured the zeitgeist in 2008.
Instead, the Obama campaign is prepping for a block-by-block, hard-slog approach. The campaign, which the president kicks off this weekend, will be tailored to swing states and key voters in those states.
That means talking up the revival of manufacturing to persuade jaded blue-collar voters in Ohio to keep the faith. In Virginia it means tapping into the growing suburban vote and using the state's GOP Legislature and governor as a foil to energize female voters.
More: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-campaign-20120504,0,7910407.story
By Michael A. Memoli, Christi Parsons and Kathleen Hennessey
May 3, 2012, 5:24 p.m.
WASHINGTON — If Barack Obama's first presidential campaign was part cultural phenomenon, part national movement, his second may look a bit more modest — like a series of well-run Senate campaigns.
Facing the reality of running as a bruised incumbent in a politically divided country, Obama's advisors say they are plotting a strategy that doesn't depend on a wave of support to lift the president's chances across the country. And it won't hinge on a single theme based on ideas such as "hope" and "change" that defined the campaign and captured the zeitgeist in 2008.
Instead, the Obama campaign is prepping for a block-by-block, hard-slog approach. The campaign, which the president kicks off this weekend, will be tailored to swing states and key voters in those states.
That means talking up the revival of manufacturing to persuade jaded blue-collar voters in Ohio to keep the faith. In Virginia it means tapping into the growing suburban vote and using the state's GOP Legislature and governor as a foil to energize female voters.
More: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-campaign-20120504,0,7910407.story
Do you think this is a wise strategy or should the Obama campaign be campaigning on a broader front?
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