rssPosts by Ari Melber
Obama’s Remarkably Ideal Schedule Today
Sen. Barack Obama has planned what looks like almost the Platonic campaign schedule today. This seems what a campaign would create from scratch if it had unlimited resources and a remarkably united constituency.
Consider some highlights:
Obama Viral Hit Slams Premature Celebration
The Obama campaign’s Internet operation knows how to meet the moment. Sensing some irrational exuberance from supporters, which can stoke complacency, Obama’s web team dropped a viral video Tuesday that has already drawn more than 100,000 views — launching it into the top-20 political videos on YouTube after a single More…
Seattle Fish-Throwers Tout Obama on YouTube
The Republicans may have the wolf-hunting vote locked down, but the Obama campaign is burnishing its own frontier credentials with a new video from the fish throwers at the famous Pike Place Market in Seattle.
Will this Pacific Northwestern YouTube outreach move anyone? Well, count this blogger in. As a More…
In Homestretch, Obama Uses Inverted Media Strategy
For the homestretch of the presidential race, the Obama campaign has launched an inverted TV strategy — focusing on national disintermediation and local engagement.
To maximize TV coverage in key states, Sen. Barack Obama’s aides offer local anchors interviews with Obama and his running mate, Sen. Joe Biden. So instead More…
Obama Takes Early Lead in Early Voting
Announcing a presidential poll that actually matters!
Unlike hypothetical polling — Who might you vote for in three months? — the launch of early voting means pollsters can survey which candidate is actually stacking up more ballots. Sen. Barack Obama has the early lead.
Breaking: Obama Calls on Stevens to Step Down
Sen. Barack Obama is calling on Ted Stevens, his convicted Senate colleague, to step down. The Obama campaign just released this statement from the Democratic presidential nominee:
Yesterday’s ruling wasn’t just a verdict on Sen. Stevens — but on the broken politics that has infected Washington for decades. It’s time
Obama to Appear on “Daily Show”
Sen. Barack Obama is spending millions to reach network audiences with his prime time address Wednesday, but once that serious presentation is over, the Democratic nominee will skip over to Comedy Central to reach a different audience. In a satellite appearance from Florida, Obama will guest on “The Daily Show More…
New Obama Attack Hits McCain’s Old Tax Plan
After starting the week with a final “closing argument” speech on Monday, Sen. Barack Obama returns to his starting argument today, with an address again hammering his rival, Sen. John McCain, as the second coming of President George W. Bush.
The Obama campaign is circulating the Democratic nominee’s new remarks, More…
Obama-McCain Dance-Off Video
Sen. Barack Obama not only thinks he has better policies than Sen. John McCain — he says he has better moves, too.
“I’m convinced I’m a better dancer than John McCain,” he confided to Ellen DeGeneres last week. Obama’s dancing on her talk show has become an enduring hit More…
For Obama, Ohio Crushes Pennsylvania in Trash-Talking Knock-Off
Forget the candidates. The biggest political battle this weekend was between the Obama field staffs in Ohio and Pennsylvania, two big swing states. The two sides were locked into a ferocious war over who could knock on more voters’ doors.
The Obama campaign stoked the interstate rivalry by using an More…
