Barack Hussein Obama has a cult of personality. He can do no wrong in the eyes of many, even if they don’t agree with him. His popularity doesn’t go below the mid 40’s when in reality he should be in the 30’s. Yet there is a feeling he has lost some of his mojo from the 08 campaign. To bring back that energy and enthusiasm he has established his re-election campaign in Chicago.
In a Chicago high-rise overlooking the site of a historic 2008 victory celebration, Obama 2012 is under construction.
Four years after hosting what began as a start-up with about a dozen employees, President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign is poised to bring hundreds of workers and global attention back to his hometown.
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The president has acknowledged the challenge of reigniting the energy his campaign generated during a grueling two-year drive for the White House.
“We may not have the exact same newness that we had in 2008,” Obama, 49, told supporters on a conference call April 4, the day he launched his re-election bid. “That core spirit about what this campaign has always been about, I think, is still there.”
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As we have seen from the first commercial, Obama’s 2012 campaign will be about his personality. For whatever reason many people still personally like him. The media has done a good job covering up his arrogance and 3rd World style demagoguery. He complains about not being able to walk in the parks anymore. Rather than being called out for complaining about his job, Obama is pitied upon. In short, 2012 will be about Obama the person not his policies.
The GOP should launch a 2 prong attack on Obama. One should be to point out his policy failures. The other should be an all out attack on his persona. If you can destroy Obama the person, then he can easily be beaten in a debate on policy.
