Obama’s midterm election strategy: Mock ‘Tea Party’ members?
Even diehard Obama supporters had to cringe this past week. Had to.
At least when Joe Effing Biden puts his foot in his mouth, everyone gets a laugh out of it, and it’s chalked up to Joe Biden being the crazy uncle of the White House. Uncle Fester with hair (kinda).
But when President Obama inserted both feet in his mouth last week, Republican campaign consultants started salivating. And you could chalk it up to Christmas in April.
It’s one thing to be confident. It’s another to be cocky.
When Michael Jordan toyed with Bryon Russell, that was confidence. When President Obama toyed with the “tea party,” that was cocky. The “tea party” is no Bryon Russell. In fact, recent polls paint a portrait of tea party supporters as your neighbors. And other polls indicate most Americans now preferring Hillary Clinton over the ex-state senator.
NBA references aside (well, one more), the midterm elections are the big game. None bigger for now. And being well aware of….
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