I GUESS THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING....

[babylonsister]

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_11/015546.php

I GUESS THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.... Chances are you've seen the pic showing Barack Obama delivering a speech, with a mock caption that reads, "Everyone chill the f*** out. I got this."



At times, it was hard to accept this, wasn't it? For those who focused more on trees than forests, and were sensitive to the slightest shifts in the daily political winds, there were plenty of times when even optimistic Democrats looked at the campaign and wondered whether Obama really did have this.

Are you sure it's a good idea to hold a rally in Germany?

Are you sure you want to campaign in non-traditional states, instead of investing everything in the major battleground states?

Are you sure it's wise to avoid the kind of sleazy attacks the Republicans are using?

Are you sure you want to forgo the convention center and deliver an acceptance speech outside, before 75,000 at a football stadium?

Are you sure you can afford to take a week-long vacation in the middle of the campaign?

Are you sure it's won't look funny to broadcast a half-hour ad in prime time on practically every network?

As the developments of the last 12 hours sink in, it's probably worth taking a moment to note that Obama and his team were sure. Every time the campaign implicitly said, "Trust us; we know what we're doing," it turns out, they really did.

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In his speech in Chicago last night, Obama expressed his gratitude to "the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics." It sounded deliberately hyperbolic, but only a little.

—Steve Benen 12:10 PM

[Auggie]

1. The campaign team did an awesome job

Hats off to them

[bunkerbuster1]

2. My "trust this guy" moment came with his decision to leave Trinity

I heard that he was officially leaving the church, and I thought that it was a terrible, terrible decision for two reasons:

1) It would look like capitulation to all the sleazemongers who'd exploited a tiny soundbite from a sermon; and

2) Said capitulation would be a top news story for days.

It didn't, and it wasn't. Obama just knew when and how to do stuff.

How many here even remember him officially severing those ties?

[Cha]

3. And, there were those who let

Obama be Obama.:)