Obama Calls Team From 2008 for Races in Fall (NYT)

[jefferson_dem]

DUPE. SORRY FOLKS.

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Obama Calls Team From 2008 for Races in Fall
By JEFF ZELENY and PETER BAKER

WASHINGTON — President Obama is reconstituting the team that helped him win the White House to counter Republican challenges in the midterm elections and recalibrate after political setbacks that have narrowed his legislative ambitions.

Mr. Obama has asked his former campaign manager, David Plouffe, to oversee House, Senate and governor’s races to stave off a hemorrhage of seats in the fall. The president ordered a review of the Democratic political operation — from the White House to party committees — after last week’s Republican victory in the Massachusetts Senate race, aides said.

In addition to Mr. Plouffe, who will primarily work from the Democratic National Committee in consultation with the White House, several top operatives from the Obama campaign will be dispatched across the country to advise major races as part of the president’s attempt to take greater control over the midterm elections, aides said.

“We are turning the corner to a much more political season,” said David Axelrod, a senior adviser to the president, who confirmed Mr. Plouffe’s role. “We are going to evaluate what we need to do to get timely intelligence and early warnings so we don’t face situations like we did in Massachusetts.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/us/politics/24union.html?sudsredirect=true

[eleny]

1. K&R for amassing the troops

[quiet.american]

2. Man, am I glad to hear this. Excellent. nt

[peace13]

3. Remember when the winner of the Presidential election got to focus on the business of the nation.

And the party took care of the other business?

[tomp]

4. if he would develop more progressive policies...

...he wouldn't need the help.

[bvar22]

5. So, like Rumsfeld...

...who believed that the policy of torture wasn't the problem. It was the photos.

Obama believes that his Anti-Working Class Policies aren't the problem. Its the Sales Campaign.
This is going to work out well.

"When given the choice between a Republican, and a Democrat who acts like a Republican, the voters will choose the Republican every time." ---Harry Truman

QED

[Divine Discontent]

6. wake the heck up WH! you're too center-right on many issues!!! that's why the base could

care less! because you've backtracked on a lot, appeared like B*sh on several policies, and ignored the liberal base that helped usher you into office after 8 horrible years of DICK!

[cherokeeprogressive]

7. Hey I know... Let's get the band back together for one more gig!

Tens of hundreds of people follow The Greatful Dead around.

Tens of hundreds of people follow other "classic rock bands of the 70's" around as well.

Tens of hundreds of people fooled into nostalgic remembrances of what was...

With the events of the last year, bringing back the original casts of Mama's Place, All in the Family, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, and The Waltons would be just as successful. No one's buying it again.

I take that back. Tens of hundreds might, they just might.