Monday, December 8, 2008

Does Jindal have the appeal???

After reading this article from BBC about the success of Obama's grass roots campaign and why it was so successful, it raised a question for me. After reading all the details that made his campaign successful from the internet-based fund-raising to the dedicated follow up to the donors which ultimately led to Obama's troop having 4 times the campaign offices and more money then both 2004 contenders combined; there is one fundamental denominator in all of this. His name is Barack Obama. Whether you call him Barry or Barack Hussein Obama or a terrorist, he is a self made man who has become a phenomenon. So this is a round about way of asking, Does Jindal have that appeal to become a follow up to this phenomenon? He is certainly a tough act to follow. I am sure his strategists are already asking these questions. Does he have what it takes to wow his supporters? If not, all of this stradegy, foresight and planning all goes down the tube. I must again refer back to my interview with Roy Occiorosso who called Obama a phenomenon who might not be capable of ever duplicating. (I was thinking along the lines of a miracle. Something that just happens...it just happens that America really needed it!)
UPDATE: Lincoln Mitchell touches on just what I was getting to in this post. From a strategists' perspective, they've got a good mold for a Republican model. They've got the same racial, family and age backgrounds that certainly helped Obama to win, but doesn't it stop there? In fact Mitchell points to his ethnic background as the "only" reason why he would be nominated by GOP.

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