Why can't the Right recognize that Barack Obama ran a masterful campaign in part because of his superb logistics and his communication network. He knew how to exploit comparative advantages in campaigning. He played margins well and used media as well as anyone. He
played a "beat-the-cheat" strategy so that the Presidential election did not depend upon some futile effort to win one statewide election where a Katherine Harris or Kenneth Blackwell could make the difference by playing games with the electoral process.
If you want a military analogy, then here it is. Armchair generals see military campaigns as arrows on the map. Real generals talk about logistics and lines of communication so that soldiers have ammunition and food and that colonels are able to co-ordinate with fellow colonels. Troops that run out of needed supplies are killed or captured. Middle-rank officers in charge of units that get cut off inevitably commit huge blunders.
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