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TOPIC: "Can Obama Change the Game Again?" (Heilemann, Halperin, Time.com 10/28/10)


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"Can Obama Change the Game Again?" (Heilemann, Halperin, Time.com 10/28/10)
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Looks like the 2012 lineup contemplation is under way..

Read @ Time.com

Can Obama Change the Game Again?


They were the two undisputed stars of the 2008 campaign — fresh, charismatic, electrifying. But for now, Barack Obama and Sarah Palin have been eclipsed by the churning dynamics of the Tea Party movement, the anger sweeping the nation and the demand for a different kind of change from the one Obama promised just two years ago. The President will struggle to reclaim his momentum after the midterms, while Palin, who has deftly ridden the wave of discontent with Washington and government spending, will emerge stronger than she started the year. Both are sure to play enormous roles in American politics in 2011 and 2012, but neither can be certain if the White House will be home after the next presidential election — or if the desire for something new will put them out in the cold.

With the exception of Obama himself, no one has undergone a greater transformation in the past two years than Sarah Palin. In July 2009, she abruptly quit the Alaska governorship, claiming cryptically that "only dead fish go with the flow," thereby trading in endless battles with her state's legislature and a series of expensive lawsuits for a glamorous career as a well-paid speaker, best-selling author, Fox News commentator and Republican kingmaker.

Though Palin resisted immersing herself in the serious policy issues about which her lack of knowledge remains her greatest weakness if she aspires to the presidency, she has kept her hand in politics with cleverly timed endorsements and frequent flash communications to her fans through Twitter and Facebook. Even as polls have shown that majorities of Americans doubt her qualifications to serve in the Oval Office, she towers over every other Republican figure as a media magnet and rallier of the conservative base. In March 2010, she and John McCain reunited for the first time since the election when she appeared on his behalf at Arizona campaign stops — an effort to vouch for her old partner's bona fides as a leader of the right and an exercise in strained nostalgia. Yet Palin, with her fundraising prowess, devoted adherents and superstardom, is poised to enter the 2012 contest at a time of her choosing.

Continues @ Time.com
(adaptation from their oh so famous book! furious)
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No fan of Halparin after 2008 and the 'Game Changer' ra-rah book, nor a fan of Heilemann lately.. but the authors make some good points and good observations.. I do see in particular point # 2 that the authors are making in the article.

Frankly, candidate Obama "loomed largest" only because the media made him that. The media should have known to ask very early "Can he govern" -- and they should do that of every candidate who appears even at the primary stage.  Their RECORD of accomplishments or lack there of must be checked for just that.

[Busy day. I hope to visit later today, but unlikely]


-- Edited by Sanders on Thursday 28th of October 2010 03:50:46 PM

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