Tactics
Good article in The Washington Post about how Obama got the nomination. It turns out it was by understanding the process, mastering the details (eg winning the most delegates in Nevada despite losing the popular vote), and focusing on doing what needed to be done at the expense of showing off (choosing not to campaign in California, even when the polls showed the race narrowing there, because there were better opportunities to pick up individual delegates elsewhere; keeping the ground team in Iowa absolutely focused on Iowa but having their next state assignments ready for them the day after the caucus).
The winner of campaigns always looks like a genius, and the loser always looks like a dumbass. But there are a lot of things about the Obama campaign that show a very attractive combination of daring and (crucially) thoughtfulness. I hope he brings that to the White House.
WaPo link via Atrios. Matt Yglesias has a nice comment on the "daring" angle here.
The winner of campaigns always looks like a genius, and the loser always looks like a dumbass. But there are a lot of things about the Obama campaign that show a very attractive combination of daring and (crucially) thoughtfulness. I hope he brings that to the White House.
WaPo link via Atrios. Matt Yglesias has a nice comment on the "daring" angle here.