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By REINCE PRIEBUS | 5/3/12 9:00 AM EDT
When an incumbent president runs for reelection, he usually runs on his record. But an unsuccessful incumbent runs from his record. It is no surprise, then, that the Obama campaign is devoid of substance that the 2008 candidate of hope and change has become the president of hype and blame.
Last week, President Barack Obamas campaign officials announced on a conference call the first official campaign stops of the 2012 race. There was, however, something notably absent from their discussion: a positive rationale for Obamas candidacy.
The omission was revealing: Obamas campaign is about nothing.
Instead of running on the issues Americans care about, the president has committed to running on an assortment of diversions.
Hes tried division. With his Buffett Tax, he spent weeks and a great deal of taxpayer money waging class warfare, in a cynical attempt to pit groups of Americans against each other. But his justification for the Buffett Tax changes almost weekly proving its nothing more than a rudimentary political wedge.
It requires a special kind audacity to sow the seeds of division to reap political rewards. This is America, after all, where we still believe that united we stand, divided we fall. The president would do well to heed that maxim.
When division doesnt work, Obama tries distraction. He ignores his failures on jobs and the economy and latches on to things like a college loan program he did not even bother to vote on as a senator.
Notably, this program did not warrant his attention until his poll numbers started slipping among young voters. So he set off on Air Force One on a tour of battleground state college campuses.
Again, it does not take much to figure out his motivations. College rallies hardly seem like official business. Neither does slow jamming the news on late night TV as the president did last week.
But when division and distraction fail, Obama still refuses to take responsibility for the weak economy, high unemployment or massive government debt. Instead, he faults others. He has blamed his failures on a Japanese earthquake, ATMs, the Arab Spring, airport kiosks and even bad luck.
That the president would resort to these tactics which he had decried in the 2008 campaignproves he knows he has failed.
If he had anything resembling a successful record, he would run on that. He would accept the fact that this election is a referendum on his policies.
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Read more: Opinion: Obama's campaign about nothing - Reince Priebus - POLITICO.com
SNIP:
By REINCE PRIEBUS | 5/3/12 9:00 AM EDT
When an incumbent president runs for reelection, he usually runs on his record. But an unsuccessful incumbent runs from his record. It is no surprise, then, that the Obama campaign is devoid of substance that the 2008 candidate of hope and change has become the president of hype and blame.
Last week, President Barack Obamas campaign officials announced on a conference call the first official campaign stops of the 2012 race. There was, however, something notably absent from their discussion: a positive rationale for Obamas candidacy.
The omission was revealing: Obamas campaign is about nothing.
Instead of running on the issues Americans care about, the president has committed to running on an assortment of diversions.
Hes tried division. With his Buffett Tax, he spent weeks and a great deal of taxpayer money waging class warfare, in a cynical attempt to pit groups of Americans against each other. But his justification for the Buffett Tax changes almost weekly proving its nothing more than a rudimentary political wedge.
It requires a special kind audacity to sow the seeds of division to reap political rewards. This is America, after all, where we still believe that united we stand, divided we fall. The president would do well to heed that maxim.
When division doesnt work, Obama tries distraction. He ignores his failures on jobs and the economy and latches on to things like a college loan program he did not even bother to vote on as a senator.
Notably, this program did not warrant his attention until his poll numbers started slipping among young voters. So he set off on Air Force One on a tour of battleground state college campuses.
Again, it does not take much to figure out his motivations. College rallies hardly seem like official business. Neither does slow jamming the news on late night TV as the president did last week.
But when division and distraction fail, Obama still refuses to take responsibility for the weak economy, high unemployment or massive government debt. Instead, he faults others. He has blamed his failures on a Japanese earthquake, ATMs, the Arab Spring, airport kiosks and even bad luck.
That the president would resort to these tactics which he had decried in the 2008 campaignproves he knows he has failed.
If he had anything resembling a successful record, he would run on that. He would accept the fact that this election is a referendum on his policies.
read it all at with comments
Read more: Opinion: Obama's campaign about nothing - Reince Priebus - POLITICO.com
