Obama's re-election campaign - the thrill is gone

May 27, 2012

The president's trip to the Bay Area last week made it painfully clear that the Barack Obama re-election campaign has lost its mojo. There was no life, no personality, no memorable line or moment and no real enthusiasm... full story

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Obama campaign releases top fundraisers; Will Smith, Gov. O'Malley make list

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top fundraisers brought in at least $186 million for the president's re-election campaign. Obama's campaign released a list of 770 top donors on Saturday who brought in between $186.6 million and $268 million. The president's re-election campaign raised nearly $1 billion to defeat Republican Mitt ...

washingtontimes.com (3 months and 19 days ago)

Former Obama campaign chairman denies selling White House access

Jim Messina, former campaign chairman for Obama's re-election campaign, now heads up Organizing for Action and hopes to turn voters into activists

cbsnews.com (3 months and 13 days ago)

Obama nominates campaign donors for jobs as ambassadors

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it would nominate six people for U.S. ambassadorships, including three who were closely connected to President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.

reuters.com (5 days ago)

Obama Campaign Misjudged Mac Users Based On Orbitz's Experience, Says Chief Data Scientist

Much has been written about the Obama campaign's technological advantage in the last election and how the campaign's 50+ quants mastered the dark art of big data analysis to rally voters and raise money. Headlines like this one from CNN -- "How Obama's data crunchers helped him win" -- abounded in the months after the electoral victory. The campaign tracked responses to...

forbes.com (2 months and 4 days ago)

Obama's SOTU: A Campaign Speech That Erodes The Power Of The Citizenry

The presidential election is over, but Barack Obama gave another campaign speech. Only he called it his State of the Union address.

forbes.com (4 months and 1 day ago)

Gallup: Scandal-sacked Obama sinks 9 points since post-election high

Paul Bedard The thrill of President Obama's reelection is gone--and now so are his highest Gallup approval ratings since right after his first election in 2008. Obama, whose approval rating was 56 percent around Christmas, has sunk to 47 percent approve with an equal percentage disapproving of the president's performance. Worse for the president is how his Gallup approval...

washingtonexaminer.com (1 month and 3 days ago)

Messina talks about lessons learned from running Obama’s 2012 campaign

HELENA — After managing President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign last year, Jim Messina came away with an important lesson about how Americans make their political decisions today.

billingsgazette.com (3 months and 11 days ago)

Obama to address group formed from '12 campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is addressing donors and Democratic activists who are raising money for a new group formed out of his re-election campaign....

ap.org (3 months and 8 days ago)

Obama to address group formed from '12 campaign

President Barack Obama is addressing donors and Democratic activists who are raising money for a new group formed out of his re-election campaign.

miamiherald.com (3 months and 8 days ago)

List Of Top Obama Campaign Fundraisers Released

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's top fundraisers brought in at least $186 million for the president's re-election campaign. Obama's campaign released a list of 770 top donors on Saturday who brought in between $186.6 million and $268 million. The president's re-election campaign raised nearly $1 billion to defeat Republican Mitt Romney. Nearly 250 campaign bundlers...

huffingtonpost.com (3 months and 19 days ago)

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