I know that many of you are frustrated at the lack of response from the Obama camp. But it boils down to this: Obama does not want to win that way that many of you are suggesting. Here is a quote during the primaries from Obama:
"The one thing I am absolutely certain of,” Obama told me, “is that if all I’m offering is the same Democratic narrative that has been offered for the last 20 years, then there’s really no point in my running, because Senator Clinton is going to be very adept at delivering that message. What makes it worthwhile for me to run is the belief that we can actually change the narrative and create a working majority that we haven’t seen in a very long time—and that, frankly, the Clintons never put together.”
The above quote of course refers to the Clintons but the same type of argument can be applied to the Republicans now. Basically, if he wins, he wants to win by consensus without creating much division.
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