If Obama campaign honchos David Axelrod and David Plouffe are worried about the next steps for their candidate, help is on the way.
With 51 days to go and polls showing that Republican nominee John McCain is either slightly ahead or tied with Barack Obama, there is plenty of advice this Sunday morning specifically geared to help the Democratic nominee.
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This is interesting stuff. But it is all tactical. Spengler of Asia Times (not in the story) got the essence of what is wrong with the Obama campaign. At every step he projects weakness. Spengler says Americans do not want the weaker candidate for President. This is especially true in the National Security era where Obama has talked in the past about disarming America. That is one Area the President controls directly. He is also handicapped by the fact that Republicans understand Democrats but Democrats only have charactures of Republicans to work with. John Kennedy won by going to the right of Nixon on defense. He was credible because he was a war hero. Tactics are not going to change the fundamentals. All in all not a serious analysis. Except for Michael Barone who talks about the OODA loop. But again it is tactical not strategic.
