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	<title>Unofficial Barack Obama Advisory Council &#187; Keys to Victory</title>
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		<title>HE DID IT</title>
		<link>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/11/04/he-did-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Obamaco</dc:creator>
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PRESIDENT BARACK H. OBAMA
44th President of the United States of America
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		<title>Day of Reckoning 1: Why Obama Could Still Lose</title>
		<link>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/11/02/day-of-reckoning-why-obama-could-still-lose/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/11/02/day-of-reckoning-why-obama-could-still-lose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Obamaco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama could still lose this election, and if he does, it will be because of one single fact: naïveté. It seems that, contrary to what many have said this time around, Obama fell prey to the same type of complacency that has compromised Democratic candidates in the past two presidential elections. Both Gore, in 2000, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Won Third Debate, But Failed (or Chose Not?) to Go for the Jugular</title>
		<link>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/10/16/obama-won-third-debate-but-failed-or-chose-to-go-for-the-jugular/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/10/16/obama-won-third-debate-but-failed-or-chose-to-go-for-the-jugular/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Obamaco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Keys to Victory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While all post-debate snap polls and focus group surveys taken right after the Wednesday night debate gave Barack Obama an overwhelming win over his presidential rival John McCain (in my opinion more on style than sheer will to win and force the issue), there are a few areas of the debate in which the Democratic candidate could have crushed John McCain, but failed to do so. I saw three great openings which Barack Obama failed to take advantage of during the debate.]]></description>
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		<title>Here Comes The McCain/Palin Kitchen Sink: Obama Must Duck, This Way.</title>
		<link>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/10/05/here-comes-the-mccainpalin-kitchen-sink-obama-must-duck-this-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/10/05/here-comes-the-mccainpalin-kitchen-sink-obama-must-duck-this-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Obamaco</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Situation Room]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here we go again, with McCain planning a last-ditch effort, a sort of 29-day kitchen-sink blitz, aimed at unseating Barack Obama before the crucial November 4 vote. Various news reports, including the McCain campaign itself on various talk shows this Sunday, have all pointed to a new kitchen-sink strategy aimed at emphasizing Barack Obama's past associations (Ayers, Wright, Rezko, etc.) with a view to questioning both his judgment and patriotism. For Obama, the danger here would reside in a return to the defensive stances that almost cost him the primaries during the Hillary Clinton days. If McCain is to win this election, he will win it by successfully attacking Obama's character on the basis of his past associations (Ayers, Wright, Rezko). Obama will be able to undo this smear and character assassination only if he can successfully question McCain's character by bringing up the issue of his dubious sense of honor.]]></description>
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		<title>The Eight Things that Will Win (or Lose) This Election for Barack Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/09/16/the-eight-things-that-will-win-or-lose-this-election-for-barack-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/09/16/the-eight-things-that-will-win-or-lose-this-election-for-barack-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Obamaco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of mistakes are now apparent in the Obama campaign strategy which are threatening to lose him an election that was his to win... or lose. In a context that was highly favorable to an easy Democratic victory in November, Barack Obama seems to be struggling. While many factors, such as race, could indeed contribute to this unexpected struggle, I believe that the negative impact of race on the perception of Barack Obama by white America cannot, alone, account for what is happening to the Obama campaign. If anything, I would argue that the answers to Obama’s inability to close the deal against John McCain come from mistakes committed in the very strategic choices made by the Obama campaign itself. Among these mistakes, one notes the following eight things.]]></description>
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		<title>Two things Hillary Clinton could say and do at the Convention (and thereafter) to get her supporters to back Barack Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/08/25/two-things-hillary-clinton-could-say-and-do-at-the-convention-and-thereafter-to-get-her-supporters-to-back-barack-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Obamaco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt Hillary Clinton has been highly ambiguous in her support (or lack thereof) of Barack Obama since finally giving up her bid for the presidency of the United States of America back in June (Well, she did not actually give it up; she suspended her campaign). Because of this ambiguity, which never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keys to Absolute Victory: Obama Now Needs to Launch a &#8220;State of the Race&#8221; Ad Blitz to Blunt Hillary Clinton</title>
		<link>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/05/09/keys-to-absolute-victory-obama-now-needs-to-launch-a-state-of-the-race-ad-blitz-to-blunt-hillary-clinton/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/05/09/keys-to-absolute-victory-obama-now-needs-to-launch-a-state-of-the-race-ad-blitz-to-blunt-hillary-clinton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Obamaco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the nomination virtually his, the last thing Barack Obama needs now is concede any type of ground to Hillary Clinton. The mistake, at this point, which Obama seems to already be committing, is to basically cede states such as West Virginia, Kentucky, and Puerto Rico, where Hillary Clinton is expected to win by wide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Texas and Ohio Expectations Game: What the Obama Campaign Must Do to Ensure a Win-Win Paradigm Come Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/03/02/the-texas-and-ohio-expectations-game-what-the-obama-campaign-must-do-to-ensure-a-win-win-paradigm-come-tuesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Obamaco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both the Clinton and Obama campaigns have been playing the expectations game ahead of the crucial Ohio and Texas primaries on Super Tuesday #2. These primaries have universally been recognized as Hillary Clinton&#8217;s last stand and her only chance of freezing Barack Obama cold on his tracks. 
The problem for Barack Obama, on the other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michelle Obama Must Avoid Taking Position on Potentially Controversial Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/03/01/michelle-obama-must-avoid-taking-position-on-potentially-controversial-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/03/01/michelle-obama-must-avoid-taking-position-on-potentially-controversial-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Obamaco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Analyses & Opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keys to Victory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watching Michelle Obama taking position in the past few days on the controversy over Barack Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Hussein&#8221; middle name, I got a small hunch. And the hunch said: Michelle Obama must avoid taking position on potentially controversial issues.
Speaking in Canton, Ohio, on Thursday, Michelle Obama, commenting on the &#8220;Hussein&#8221; middle name issue, said, &#8220;They threw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War of the Zingers: How Barack Obama Should Prepare for Debate Counterpunching</title>
		<link>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/02/21/war-of-the-zingers-how-barack-obama-should-prepare-for-debate-counter-punching/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/02/21/war-of-the-zingers-how-barack-obama-should-prepare-for-debate-counter-punching/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Obamaco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elections are generally not won on issues. They are won on perception, likeability, and impressions. Public opinion is often very easy to sway one way or another based on impressions. While Barack Obama has been, so far, winning the perceptions game due to the novelty of his persona and the excitement of his speeches, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Talking About Doing Ain&#8217;t Doing: Does Experience Really Matter? A Simple Way For Obama to Beat Hillary Clinton&#8217;s Experience Argument</title>
		<link>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/02/19/does-experience-really-matter-a-simple-way-to-beat-hillary-clintons-experience-argument/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/02/19/does-experience-really-matter-a-simple-way-to-beat-hillary-clintons-experience-argument/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Obamaco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have heard so much about Hillary Clinton&#8217;s experience argument. This argument has been, for close to a year now, the bread and butter of her campaign strategy. However, it would seem after careful analysis that her claim dwells on shakier grounds than she could ever imagine.One line would, in fact, suffice for Obama to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Winning Strategy for Barack Obama: Turn Hillary Clinton into a Caricature Without Appearing Nasty</title>
		<link>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/02/17/the-winning-strategy-for-barack-obama-turn-hillary-clinton-into-a-caricature-without-appearing-nasty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obamaco.com/2008/02/17/the-winning-strategy-for-barack-obama-turn-hillary-clinton-into-a-caricature-without-appearing-nasty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Obamaco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama's camp has, for the most part, shown a striking inability to take full advantage of the many weaknesses that have transpired from Hillary Clinton's own campaign rhetoric. Nowhere has this inability been more present than in the first one-on-one debate that opposed the presidential hopefuls at the Los Angeles Trade Technical College on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. Hillary Clinton clearly won this debate, not because she was superior, but because Barack Obama played too much of the nice guy and, as a result, failed to seize the various moments that could have allowed him to pulverize his opponent and, concomitantly, impress the American audience with his conviction and strong belief in the idea of change that he champions. For Barack Obama to appear as a credible potential president of the United States of America, he will need, in future debates and on the campaign trail, to hammer his ideas with a conviction at least equal in tone to the type of assertive and confident tone used by Hillary Clinton, a tone that tends to give her an edge in one-on-one debates.]]></description>
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