I never asked Barack to deliver Iowa. But I did ask Michelle - in person - to deliver Iowa, and deliver she did.
Michelle Obama Is Just Fabulous
I Stand With Michelle: Iowa Must And Can Be Won
Before Michelle And I Became Rich And Famous
Michelle was right. No Iowa was Obama going home instead of to the White House, and she delivered. She publicly stated in the fall of 2007 that Iowa was a must, and became a little unpopular with some of the staff. But that was okay. Truth be told.
And now it is election time all over again. And I don't see how Barack can win if Michelle is not going to hit the campaign trail.
Barack Obama is a politician. Hillary Clinton is a politician. Bill Clinton is a politician. But Michelle Obama is not a politician. That is her appeal.
Her brother said in 2007, she hates politics, but she hates losing even more, and that is why she was pounding the pavement for Barack Obama.
Barack defied history in 2008. Black folks were not meant to become president, I don't care if your father is from Kenya, and mother from Kansas. Well, Barack broke that rule.
Now the rule is he is supposed to lose the House and the Senate in November. If he loses the House and the Senate in November, no one is going to come out and say Barack is a bad guy. First term presidents are supposed to lose the first midterm election. That has been the norm.
But I am of the mind that Barack needs to defy history all over again. He needs to do whatever it takes to keep the House and the Senate. He needs that to be able to do the good work he wants to do on immigration reform next year. He needs that to be able to present himself as the guy who will cut the deficit and bring down the debt as he gears for re-election.
Keeping The House And The Senate
Crisis: Opportunity For Greatness For Obama
The Dumbfuck Immigration Laws
Save Immigration For 2011
In South Africa They Had Apartheid, In America They Got Immigration
And that is where the non politician comes in. The politician could not have done it without the non politician in 2008. He sure can't do it in 2010.
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