Executive Power

By Kleinheider Posted on May 15, 2008 at 7:08 pm

Dan from Xark! discusses Obama’s executive skill:

While Obama opponents continue to paint his success as some Svengali-like personality cult, a more grounded view reveals a hyper-competent modern organization that has managed to integrate multiple campaign efforts (fund-raising, various levels of community organizing, mass media, alternative media, online, intra-party relations, “the ground game” and yes, the candidate himself).To me, Obama’s campaign represents a great selling point for his abilities as an executive, and I have no doubt that political scientists will be exploring its practices and principles as the first major case study in 21st century American politics. But to Democrats with a long-time stake in the party, Obama’s success is both welcome (who wants to live in the wilderness forever?) and intimidating.

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