Chapy's Corner
Mr. President-Elect Barack Obama: How He Did It
Eric Anthony Joseph
Issue date: 11/12/08 Section: Opinion
My fellow Americans, the morning after Sen. Barack Obama, Jr. (D-Ill.) became the first Afrikan-American to win the United States presidency, I received an interesting text message that stated, "They did not want to give us our 40 acres and a mule so we will take 50 states and a White House!"
I dedicate my 228th edition of Chapy's Corner to those 132 million American citizens or 62 percent of registered voters who voted in the historic 2008 presidential election.
How did Sen. Obama win the presidential election? Here are some various facts to ponder my fellow Americans concerning how the most watched election day media coverage played out.
President-elect Obama received more Popular and Electoral College votes than Sen. McCain. Sen. Obama received a record high 65,445,394 total votes (53%), compared to Sen. McCain's record high 57,446,223 votes (46%) in losing. In regards to the 538 total electoral college votes, only 270 (half) were needed to win, President-elect Obama received 364 electoral college votes, compared to McCain's 174 electoral college votes (adding Missouri).
President-elect Obama assembled the most remarkably cohesive and compelling presidential campaigns in modern American history. Obama may have won the presidency at a strategy session in December 2006, before he first assembled his presidential exploratory committee on Jan. 17, 2007 or Feb. 10, 2007. It was then that he asked about putting together a plan for the democratic primaries. He ran a very disciplined campaign that had no-infighting, no leaks, no turn-overs and no-drama reported to the media. This contribute to an effective campaign that demonstrated Obama's leadership skills. Remember these four inner circle names:
* David Axelrod, chief strategist and alter political ego of Obama's campaign. He was Obama's campaign's chief architect, he recruited the pollsters and ad makers, and watched over their work, reviewing ads, shaping strategy, editing speeches and crafting the overall "message." He will be President Obama's senior adviser in the White House.
I dedicate my 228th edition of Chapy's Corner to those 132 million American citizens or 62 percent of registered voters who voted in the historic 2008 presidential election.
How did Sen. Obama win the presidential election? Here are some various facts to ponder my fellow Americans concerning how the most watched election day media coverage played out.
President-elect Obama received more Popular and Electoral College votes than Sen. McCain. Sen. Obama received a record high 65,445,394 total votes (53%), compared to Sen. McCain's record high 57,446,223 votes (46%) in losing. In regards to the 538 total electoral college votes, only 270 (half) were needed to win, President-elect Obama received 364 electoral college votes, compared to McCain's 174 electoral college votes (adding Missouri).
President-elect Obama assembled the most remarkably cohesive and compelling presidential campaigns in modern American history. Obama may have won the presidency at a strategy session in December 2006, before he first assembled his presidential exploratory committee on Jan. 17, 2007 or Feb. 10, 2007. It was then that he asked about putting together a plan for the democratic primaries. He ran a very disciplined campaign that had no-infighting, no leaks, no turn-overs and no-drama reported to the media. This contribute to an effective campaign that demonstrated Obama's leadership skills. Remember these four inner circle names:
* David Axelrod, chief strategist and alter political ego of Obama's campaign. He was Obama's campaign's chief architect, he recruited the pollsters and ad makers, and watched over their work, reviewing ads, shaping strategy, editing speeches and crafting the overall "message." He will be President Obama's senior adviser in the White House.
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