Obama's reelection campaign strategy- "We may just run clips of the Republican debates verbatim" - Polidicks

[release]President Obama told a group of Hispanic journalists today that his re-election campaign could win over Latino voters just by showing them clips from Republican debates. "I don't think it requires us to go negative in the sense of us running a bunch of ads that are false, or character assassinations," Obama said, as reported by Univision."It will be based on facts." "We may just run clips of the Republican debates verbatim," he added. "We won't even comment on them, we'll just run those in a loop on Univision and Telemundo, and people can make up their own minds." Our OnPolitics blog reports that the Obama campaign is using Wednesday's Republican debate to raise funds; OnPolitics is also providing coverage of the GOP get-together in Michigan. In his interview with Hispanic journalists, Obama was particularly critical of Republican immigration policy. From the Univision website: President Obama says he is confident in his ability to win over Latino voters before next year's elections, thanks to some added help from his Republican opponents. During a roundtable with Hispanic media in the White House's Roosevelt Room, Obama outlined his strategy for winning over a Latino electorate that remains supportive of him, but less enthusiastically so than in 2008. The president said he'll contrast his record with those of the Republican candidates on hot-button issues ranging from immigration, to the economy and healthcare. Many political observers believe that drawing a sharp contrast with Republicans will require Obama to go negative, but the president said he won't have to use too harsh a tone to accomplish that. "I don't think it requires us to go negative in the sense of us running a bunch of ads that are false, or character assassinations," Obama said. "It will be based on facts … We may just run clips of the Republican debates verbatim. We won't even comment on them, we'll just run those in a loop on Univision and Telemundo, and people can make up their own minds." That's one of the strongest rebukes thus far from Obama against Republicans when it comes to their desire to chip away at his base of Latino support. And it underscores the president's eagerness to go toe-to-toe with his GOP opponents although the beginning of the general election campaign is still months away. Obama and Democrats have long said Republican rhetoric against illegal immigration will sink their chances of winning over Latinos. During recent debates, GOP candidates Rick Perry and Mitt Romney have angrily sparred over the issue. And Herman Cain suggested during a speech that an electrified fence should be built between the U.S. and Mexico to keep out undocumented immigrants. On the contrary, Obama repeatedly said during the 45-minute conversation that he supports comprehensive immigration reform -- a top issue for Latino voters. He also plugged his stalled jobs plan and touted his administration's efforts to reduce the cost of student loans; both of which he says would benefit U.S. Latinos. "That's not to say the Latino community is going to think my administration is perfect. But I think they know where my heart is and they know the kind of America that I want to see for all of our children," he said. "The values and the vision I have is going to match up much more closely with where the Latino community wants to see the country going."[/release] [url]http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/11/obama-well-use-gop-debates-against-them/1[/url]

Not a bad strategy considering the really terrifying, crazy shit they've all been spouting for Republican audiences. Just the audience screaming for uninsured people to die is good for, like, three months worth of campaign ads.

All I did when I read what Obama said, was go. huehuehuehuehuehuehuehuehue...

In other words "The Republican candidates are stupid enough to actually do all my campaigning for me!" Solid strategy :v:

I've started saying this ages ago, Republicans are retarded so they'll lose on their own anyway.

[QUOTE=Glorbo;33314194]President Obama told a group of Hispanic journalists today that his re-election campaign could win over Latino voters just by showing them clips from Republican debates. "We may just run clips of the Republican debates verbatim," he added. "We won't even comment on them, we'll just run those in a loop on Univision and Telemundo, and people can make up their own minds."[/QUOTE] In short, a campaign where you don't do anything at all. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnAYgNnA5A0[/media]

Hmm. This could actualy work.

As said above, fucking genius. There's nothing to add.

Sounds like a winning strategy. At least Obama's aware how much of an ass these candidates are making themselves out to be.

Even if he doesn't do it, someone (anyone with the social capital known as ads, youtube videos, etc.) should do it.

I was joking about him probably doing this in a debate with some classmates the other week. He doesn't even have to get somebody to edit it so that it's out of context. That's the funniest thing to me.

He's betting on a winning horse here; the Republican fools have practically laid the foundations for his second term. He'll need to back up the truth with strong promises of better change, like less dosh in military and more dosh in the educational system.

[QUOTE=ironman17;33315518]He's betting on a winning horse here; the Republican fools have practically laid the foundations for his second term. He'll need to back up the truth with strong promises of better change, like less dosh in military and more dosh in the educational system.[/QUOTE] Agreed. Money in education is NEVER a bad thing.

I don't see why people keep saying "Ohh, Obama should be worried about this election season! He'll have a hard time getting reelected!" The guy has it down solid. He'd basically have to come out punching babies and eating puppies to have a chance of losing to the GOP. I mean when you've got, what, six opponents who are all crap in the head or absolute lunatics (or in Cain's case, performance artists) then you'd have to try extensively to lose your campaign.

Don't take Romney lightly though. He is most likely to win the nomination, and he has a good chance at beating Obama. The people who say that Obama can't win are not doing it based on the candidates only, but also on how the states have changed with the midterm elections. For example, Obama may not win Florida because of how firmly Republican it swung in 2010. That state, plus a few others that became Republican, could cost him the reelection by depriving him of the electoral votes he needs to win.

makes me want to see what the republicans do with their ad campaigns

[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;33315837]I don't see why people keep saying "Ohh, Obama should be worried about this election season! He'll have a hard time getting reelected!" The guy has it down solid. He'd basically have to come out punching babies and eating puppies to have a chance of losing to the GOP. I mean when you've got, what, six opponents who are all crap in the head or absolute lunatics (or in Cain's case, performance artists) then you'd have to try extensively to lose your campaign.[/QUOTE] People also legitimately believed the US would default back in the summer. It's easy to picture it happening before the time comes.

[QUOTE=OogalaBoogal;33315763]Agreed. Money in education is NEVER a bad thing.[/QUOTE] Just throwing money at it will not fix anything. The whole US education system needs to be revamped.

[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;33315837]I don't see why people keep saying "Ohh, Obama should be worried about this election season! He'll have a hard time getting reelected!" The guy has it down solid. He'd basically have to come out punching babies and eating puppies to have a chance of losing to the GOP. I mean when you've got, what, six opponents who are all crap in the head or absolute lunatics (or in Cain's case, performance artists) then you'd have to try extensively to lose your campaign.[/QUOTE] Consider the flipside - the very fact that these candidates are even on TV is that [i]some[/i] people agree with what they're saying.

Best campaing strategy ever.

Ron Paul is an excusable Republican - the other ones are idiots. I never hear about Gary Johnson anymore. But i have heard that Obama is beginning to 'behave' like a republican EDIT: Learn to read - i said i [I]heard[/I] he was beginning to 'behave' like a republican, i didn't say i thought

It'd work real well, republicans have been especially crazy this campaign.

[QUOTE=Lufttygger306;33317504]Ron Paul is an excusable Republican - the other ones are idiots. I never hear about Gary Johnson anymore. But i have heard that Obama is beginning to 'behave' like a republican[/QUOTE] There's a couple decent ones from what I've seen, Ron Paul may appear more moderate but he's pretty crazy too. The decent ones just get less than 1% in polls.

Well this just further emphasizes that he's smarter than [B]ANY[/B] of the Republican's candidates. Too bad dumb people won't understand the point of it.

[QUOTE=Lufttygger306;33317504] But i have heard that Obama is beginning to 'behave' like a republican[/QUOTE] Elaborate, please.

[QUOTE=Spacewolf;33317594]It'd work real well, republicans have been especially crazy this campaign.[/QUOTE] This. Some of them last time were just comically stupid (Palin), they seem to be rolling out the literally crazy ones this time around..

I've been watching The Daily Show with Jon Stewart lately, it's saddening how stupid some politicians are. Like Herman Cains' 1 minute pause when asked about Libya.

That... ... that is actually a great idea. It's disgusting that some of these candidates actually got somewhere from the stuff they have said.

The Republicans really do just doom themselves on a daily basis.

The way these candidates are acting now, I am definitely voting for Obama.