Obama's Politicization
The appointments of Axelrod and Emanuel represent that Obama is
maintaining one key element of the Bush White House: staying on
political message while governing. He has re-branded the transition
as Change.gov, kept his "Rove" at his side and brought in the guy
credited with positioning the Dems for their win in 2006. He is not
going to just drop the campaign now he is President.
maintaining one key element of the Bush White House: staying on
political message while governing. He has re-branded the transition
as Change.gov, kept his "Rove" at his side and brought in the guy
credited with positioning the Dems for their win in 2006. He is not
going to just drop the campaign now he is President.
Far from sinister, it shows he is trying not to repeat the Clinton mistakes
92-94, where they squandered early hope by not selling the right
things first and generally failing to control the narrative. He can't
afford to lose Congress in 2010. I've often thought that if the Bush
criminals could sell atrocities and lies so brilliantly (at least for
a few years) that the Dems might eventually figure out how to sell
progress and the truth even better. With these appointments (along
with Gibbs the jovial pitbull!) it looks like this is what Obama is
planning.
92-94, where they squandered early hope by not selling the right
things first and generally failing to control the narrative. He can't
afford to lose Congress in 2010. I've often thought that if the Bush
criminals could sell atrocities and lies so brilliantly (at least for
a few years) that the Dems might eventually figure out how to sell
progress and the truth even better. With these appointments (along
with Gibbs the jovial pitbull!) it looks like this is what Obama is
planning.
