Campaign Like It's 1992

No reason to re- create the wheel.

No reason to make a new playbook or decide it’s time to think outside the box for something new.

The key to Obama’s victory in 2008 is to campaign like it’s 1992.

Forget Sarah Palin and whether she wants to ban books or whether her entire foreign policy experience comes from seeing Russia from Alaska.  Don’t get dragged into the which pig has lipstick and which one doesn’t.

This plays right into Republican hands.  They want an issue-less campaign.

And to win, Democrats don’t need to talk about a bunch of issues – they just need a campaign focused on a single issue.

Just like 1992.

It’s the economy, stupid.

And Wall Street’s doing all it can to help.  We’re walking as close to a financial meltdown as we have in decades.  Voters may not understand the intricacies but they get that we’re in dangerous territory – territory brought on by failed Bush/McCain economic policies.

They get it because they’re hurting.  Gas prices are up, food prices are up, and wages are down.  Credit is tougher to get, jobs are tougher to get, and houses are more difficult to keep.

Why look for something else to talk about?

The next 48 days should be about the economy.  About who understands what’s going on and who can do something about it.

It should be 1992 all over again

And that was a pretty good year.

Posted by Bernie Campbell on Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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