A Tale of Two Campaigns

Last night it was announced that Sarah Palin will be debuting "an epic documentary" about herself in Iowa next month.

And yesterday the White House announced that they created an official position to deal with Obama's "negative online presence."

This is the beginning of one of the biggest showdowns in history.

"Palin has the base, but not the Independents."

To which I say:

You cannot consider yourself an Independent if you would vote for a Radical Leftist. The "Independents" who voted for Obama in 2008 are Radical Leftists. "Independents" who would consider voting for Hillary or Obama in 2012 are Radical Leftists.

Next.

Obama's team makes preemptive strike to take out Romney

Why now? From The Hill:

President Obama pointedly praised on Monday the healthcare program Republican Mitt Romney installed as governor of Massachusetts.

Obama singled out Romney for praise over his state's healthcare plan, which shares similarities with the president's national healthcare reform, in a bit of backhanded praise for the likely Republican presidential candidate.

"I agree with Mitt Romney, who's recently said he's proud of what he accomplished in Massachusetts," Obama said at a gathering of governors at the White House.

The comment is a kind of kiss of death for Obama's would-be foe in 2012.

Why didn't he wait until the primaries to do this? It would be much more effective during the primaries where Romney would have to scramble to formulate a response during his campaign. Does Obama's team think that Romney is the current frontrunner and wants to take him down a peg before he officially starts to run? Well this this just gives him more time to draft and test possible responses (which I'm sure he has been already, but still). It seems like Obama tipped his hand and executed a campaign strategy too soon. Is he hoping Palin runs? Or maybe he thinks he has something up his sleeve for Palin, too (yeah right). I'm kind of shocked that he played this card so early. I don't know what it means.

Obama's dig at Palin and 2012 campaign slogan

While watching the SOTU last night with my husband I noticed a few times Obama said the word "quit." That is a buzzword for me and any other Palin supporters. Ever since she made her decision to resign from office the Left has accused her of being a quitter. They repeat that line constantly. When I heard Obama say it I immediately thought it was a subtle dig at Palin. My husband didn't think so.

His speech was definitely not a state of the union; it was a campaign speech. It was all about looking forward, glossing over any mistakes he made and generally propping himself up as awesome. Since the tone of the speech was campaign instead of presidential, I started to feel like it was campaign time again and how would Palin compete against him if they both had their parties' nominations.

Obama ended the speech with a loud, enthusiastic and rousing "We don't quit. I don't quit!" To me that was a clear campaign slogan for 2012. I can picture him running ads with the clip of him saying that. Obama will do everything to undercut Palin and destroy her before she can run for President. I have no doubt that his phrase was intended for her, like a warning shot. It was also a cue for his rabid supporters to contine with the "she quit" meme. My husband did not agree with me, but I still see it that way.