Dissension in the Ranks: Obama's Last Stand, by Politico - Granite Grok

Dissension in the Ranks: Obama’s Last Stand, by Politico

Politico's Glenn Thrush Describes Dissension in the Ranks of the Obama Campaign:
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All is not sunshine, lollipops, and unicorns (or windmills) in the Obama campaign. Axeltramp and Lying Steffie Cutter came close to blows, Debbie Washerwoman-Schultz has dismal poll ratings as an Obama surrogate, the campaign’s mad with Joe BiteMe for blowing the Gay Marriage gambit, and Joe’s mad with the campaign for throwing him under the bus.
Meanwhile, Obama tries to rally the troops, but his own personality and values are shaping this campaign just as strongly as they did in 2008, and apparently, not for the best – see these excerpts from the review:

This has produced a campaign being animated by one thing above all. It is not exclusively about hope and change anymore, words that seem like distant echoes even to Obama’s original loyalists — and to the president himself. It is not the solidarity of a hard-fought cause, often absent in this mostly joyless campaign. It is Obama’s own burning competitiveness, with his remorseless focus on beating Mitt Romney — an opponent he genuinely views with contempt and fears will be unfit to run the country.
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Obama really doesn’t like, admire or even grudgingly respect Romney. It’s a level of contempt, say aides, he doesn’t even feel for the conservative, combative House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the Hill Republican he disliked the most. “There was a baseline of respect for John McCain. The president always thought he was an honorable man and a war hero,” a longtime Obama adviser said. “That doesn’t hold true for Romney. He was no goddamned war hero.”

We don’t normally recommend Politico, but read their summary of the book, and consider buying it (click the graphic to buy).

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