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October 26th, 2012 - 1:09 pm
Bob Shrum — The Second Most Loathsome Troll on the Internet™ — thinks President Obama is going to win this thing. He even has reasons. Honest. They go something like this:
• Romney lost the debates.
• The 47%.
• Obama won the TV commercial war last summer.
• Mitt is a flip-flopper.
• Mitt’s surge is over.
• Something about Karl Rove. (???)
• Obama has strategists.
• Obama has the edge in battleground states.
And, uh, besides, Shrum doesn’t know anybody who’s voting for Romney.
Perhaps Shrum filed this column back in August and The Daily Beast forgot to publish it until today.
So he’s in underpants gnomes territory?
Bob Shrum, for those of you with short memories, has a resume that looks like this:
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In 1986, Shrum began work as a political consultant, designing campaign advertising and message strategy for Democratic candidates at the presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial levels. He worked for the Dick Gephardt campaign during the 1988 Democratic primaries, including Gephardt’s surprise victory in the Iowa caucus, but after Gephardt’s defeat, Shrum helped Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis in preparing for his debates against Vice President George Bush. Dukakis lost the general election.
In 1992, Shrum worked for Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey, who was defeated for the nomination by Bill Clinton.
In 2000, Shrum helped Al Gore beat back a primary challenge from former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, and win the Democratic nomination. Gore would win the popular vote in the November general election versus George W. Bush, only to lose the electoral vote.
In 2004, Shrum worked on John Kerry’s campaign, guiding him to a victory in the crucial Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, and soon after, the Democratic presidential nomination, only for Kerry to be defeated in the general election by George W. Bush.
Critics often point out a “curse” associated with the presidential campaigns that Shrum has worked on, since he has yet to claim victory for any of his candidates in eight presidential elections.
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From Wikipedia.
Illuminating.
Uh, Frank, is there any way to have Shrum assume leadership of Obama’s campaign in these last, crucial days before the election?
Well quite obviously then the Obama campaign should relax, and maybe pull back a bit on those ad buys for the President: redirect the cash to some of those hard-pressed Congress-critters. Since he’s gonna be around for a second term he needs to get serious about retaking the House and defending his Senate majority. Time’s a wast’n, Bob ol’ buddy. Oh, and when you pass this advice on to the Prez and Axlerod, please feel free to claim the credit.
I don’t Obama even wants to win this election and hasn’t for a while. He’s just doing enough so his backers don’t assassinate him.
I don’t think he really wanted (or expected) to win the nomination in 2008.
I think he was really running for the Dem. vice presidential nomination in 2008. Too bad he ended up getting nominated for president instead, because the vice presidency has often been treated as a “do nothing, just show up and breathe” sort of job — well adapted to Obama’s actual talents.
What really makes this so funny is that Shrum actually thinks *anyone* cares what he thinks. He’s radioactive to Libs/Dems after so skillfully *losing* many campaigns, and he’s not articulate enough to be amusing to opponents.