June 25, 2008
Plouffe's World
Barack Obama campaign manager David Plouffe offered a Power Point presentation to reporters in Washington today in which he explained that Obama's team plans to launch TV ads early in key battleground states: AK, GA, MI, CO, IN, MO, FL, IA, NV, OH, PA, WI, VA, NH, NM, NC, ND and OH.
In making the case for Obama's general election strengths, the presentation highlighted choice polling that shows there's an "enthusiasm gap" in public sentiment toward the political parties, with the Dems more enthusiastic than usual about the election. The Republicans, by contrast, are rather reserved.
Plouffe also noted that the Obama campaign has an unparalleled grassroots network, which includes 1.7 million total donors, 1 million volunteers and more than 5 million email subscribers. And he made the case -- though the jury is still very much out on these points, in particular -- for why Obama does better than McCain with women and Hispanics.
Click the through link above to watch the presentation.
Posted at 03:45 PM
Comments
Can you show us one poll where McCain is trouncing Obama with women?
rich miller | 06.25.08 05:45 PM
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As usual, what is most interesting in these presentations is what is NOT said:
E.g.: OK, there's an "enthusiasm gap" (and I think there's overwhelming evidence of that). How does that translate to strategy by the Obama campaign? Do you try to suppress Republican turnout? Do you try to appeal to Republicans who are not enthusiastic about McCain? Kind of a critical distinction, which would shed light on the "wunderkind's" thinking. Did he make any comments to accompany these slides?
Please fill us in if you can.
Pining for Chuck Todd | 06.26.08 09:31 AM
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