Obama's campaign management

[Von Tonner]

Love him or hate him, you have to admit this guy has managed one hell of a campaign. Books are going to be written on it and studied. Appart from the minute attention given to cauces states as well as primary states, the huge amount of money collected, the organizing of thousands of helpers, the correct reading of the political landscape, the bulls eye damage control - all of this and more is impressive. It needed to be, to knock out what was possibly the toughest opponent he could be faced with.

But what has really impressed me is the campaigns timing on the fly. The rolling out of Richardson after PA, Edwards after West Virginia and now we have Bush's comments in the Knesset about engaging in talks with the likes of Ahmadinejad. McCain is into the attack on Obama immediately and what does the Obama camp do? Simple, refer McCain to Bush's Defence Secretary.

"When asked to respond to McCain's charge about Ahmadinejad, one of Obama's senior advisers simply forwarded a comment by Defense Secretary Gates from today's Washington Post. "We need to figure out a way to develop some leverage," said Gates, "and then sit down and talk with them. If there is going to be a discussion, then they need something, too. We can't go to a discussion and be completely the demander, with them not feeling that they need anything from us." That's Obama position, articulated by Bush's defense secretary, say his aides.

Really guys, if Obama has the skill to pick a team/cabinet half as good as the team he picked to run his campaign I would think the White House is going to be in safe hands.