Obama's team seeks new ways to fire up his base
Edited on Tue Mar-15-11 02:15 PM by Cali_Democrat
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g9naM... Obama's team seeks new ways to fire up his base
(AP) – 10 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama rode a wave of voter passion in 2008 fed largely by intense dislike of President George W. Bush and the Iraq war, plus excitement among young and minority voters at the notion of electing the nation's first black president.
Now, as Obama cranks up his re-election campaign, all those factors are absent.
The president has many tools, of course, for inspiring and exciting potential voters. But he faces a different landscape, one in which key supporters are disappointed by concessions he has made to Republicans, and discouraged by huge Democratic losses last fall.
Obama acknowledged the challenge last week in Boston. "Somebody asked me, how do we reinvigorate the population, the voter, after two very tough years?" he told Democratic donors. "How do we recapture that magic that got so many young people involved for the very first time in 2008?"
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