Fundraising Tactics
May 2nd, 2011
Question: Obama’s losing run could make for a winning book?
When it comes to self-reflection, Barack Obama is an overachiever. At age 46, he has already written two memoirs when most people in public life – sometime at the end of their career – will be lucky to write one.
So far, what Obama seems set to get out of his presidential campaign is yet another memoir – this one an agonized, deeply personal account of how his campaign went nowhere despite all the media hoopla, crowds and fundraising. It turns out that voters aren’t as interested in Barack Obama as Barack Obama is. Like Jacob grappling with the archangel Gabriel, Obama has been wrestling with his own conscience the entire campaign and has come up lame. He has engaged in a running commentary on whether the tactics of his own campaign – down to specific press releases – live up to his standard of audacious hopefulness. Left unclear is why anyone else besides Barack Obama should care.
Answer: Not to mention the unspent campaign contributions, instant millionaire…
Grassroots Fundraising Tactics
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