Obama is the nominee. Thank goodness: he has more promise than any other Democrat Presidential candidate for two generations.
How has he done it, against what 8 months ago was the near-certainty that Clinton would win? He has done it by reframing the issues.
See for instance
[See also
This -- reframing, generating words that win in a sustainable way, not mere spin with its temporary 'hit' and its cynical backwash -- is what the Green Party too needs to do. In a big way.
I am working on a book (a 'handbook') of reframing techniques. To find out more, visit the 'Reframing links', about halfway down the leftside of this blog.
And watch this space.
How has he done it, against what 8 months ago was the near-certainty that Clinton would win? He has done it by reframing the issues.
See for instance
http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/research/rockridge/to-catch-a-wolf
http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/editorblog/040
and, crucially,[See also
http://chumppolitics.blogspot.com/2008/05/dont-think-of-clinging-elephant.html
].This -- reframing, generating words that win in a sustainable way, not mere spin with its temporary 'hit' and its cynical backwash -- is what the Green Party too needs to do. In a big way.
I am working on a book (a 'handbook') of reframing techniques. To find out more, visit the 'Reframing links', about halfway down the leftside of this blog.
And watch this space.
Comments
McCain is for a permanent war and Obama thinks its important to talk to regimes that the US has disagreements with - like Iran, Cuba and Venezuela.
I don't think he's the messiah in the way some obama's supporters seem to but there is a substantial difference between the democrat and republican nominees for president.