Thread: Forget Hope. Obama Has A New Strategy For 2012

Forget Hope. Obama Has A New Strategy For 2012
Zeke Miller | Dec. 5, 2011, 7:52 AM | 33,525 | 118





President Barack Obama travels to Osawatomie, Kansas on Monday to outline his vision for America — and with it, comes the most revealing glimpse yet at his reelection strategy.

Gone is the message of hope and change — instead Obama is reaching 100 years back in time for a message that will resonate with the American people.

The new theme: "everyone engages in fair play, everyone does their fair share, and everyone gets a fair shot."

In a word: Fairness.

It's a throwback to President Theodore Roosevelt, who offered the same vision for America in Osawatomie back in 1910 as he was preparing to launch another bid for the White House in 1912. His message in that speech, which he termed "New Nationalism," became the central focus of his presidential campaign on the ticket of the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party.

Asked whether Obama's Tuesday speech will lay the intellectual foundation for his reelection campaign, Obama spokesman Josh Earnest did not respond, but offered cagily that the new message "is a pretty succinct version of the president's vision for America."

"The president will draw on the legacy of [Roosevelt's] themes, and put them in the context of where the economy and American families are right now," Earnest added.

For Obama, the message of fairness allows him to walk the fine line between asking wealthy Americans to pay their "fair share," without demonizing them. Under pressure from Occupy Wall Street on the left, it's an appeal by Obama to the American ethic of equality of opportunity, as embodied by one of the most prominent Republican presidents — and it may be his savior.

In the words of the White House, the the fairness theme "dovetails nicely" with Obama's priorities for the rest of the year — from extending and expanding the payroll tax to getting Richard Cordray confirmed as the first director for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Overwhelming majorities of Americans back raising taxes on the wealthy, and oppose tax increases on the middle class — fights that have dominated the past few months, but that Obama has largely been unable, or unwilling to capitalize on. The new message seeks to position the president as the warrior for the middle class, who will fight to make sure all Americans can get a fair shot.
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Check Out Teddy Roosevelt's Amazing 1912 Speech That Proves Nothing Ever Changes In Politics
Zeke Miller | Dec. 4, 2011, 10:33 AM | 8,477 | 28



President Barack Obama travels to Osawatomie, Kansas on Tuesday to channel President Theodore Roosevelt's famous "New Nationalism" speech.

Roosevelt's 6500-word speech served as the cornerstone of his bid for the presidency in 1912 on the Bull Moose Party ticket — but could just as easily have been given today.

His remarks came at the John Brown celebration, billed as an "Old Soldiers Reunion." He called out the children of industrialists, and others in an entrenched upper class who didn't work to be there — reminiscent of Obama's recent forays into class warfare — calling on the wealthy to pay their fair share and promoting more employment programs for veterans.

Roosevelt also called for some of the first campaign finance legislation, and targeted the influence of special interests — an ongoing argument (cough, Grover Norquist, cough).

Obama is expected to invoke the Republican president's legacy repeatedly on Tuesday, and like Roosevelt, will make class warfare a central component of his reelection campaign.

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What a load of Horse CRAP!

Fairness?

How about his promis to have the government be more "OPEN" to us citizens?

He is just about the furtherest person I can think of who is being fair! Line him up with Dirty Harry, Scungy Polosi, Fruity Frank, and the wackey Hollywood Libs who think they can save the world.

Fairness MY Big Fat "You Know What" !

Grrrrrrrrrrrr......