Friday, April 25, 2008

Debunking Conventional Wisdom: Volume 2

You know the story:

Obama's grassroots movement.

Hillary underestimated it...

The media failed to see it coming...

It's a "new" kind of politics.

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

Obama tapped into movements that already existed with strategic communications, and a politicized generation coming of age during a time of war, economic crisis and historic inequality and environmental catastrophe. It's not a new analysis. Hillary didn't underestimate it and the media didn't fail to see it, they didn't even know they were out there.

Talk about being out of touch.

1 comment:

Maggie said...

This is definitely the conclusion of Mark Schmitt in the Prospect column, too. Check it out - I think you'll like it: Obama-ism Without Obama