The Man Who Calls Himself Obama

Collection One

Copyright: DW Ulsterman: 2013

Smashwords Edition

White House Insider On Obama: President Losing It

September 7th, 2010

2008 gave America an incredibly charismatic candidate for President of the United States.  Speech after speech showed a candidate with increasing momentum as primary race after primary race concluded.  And then came the nomination, more speeches, culminating in an election night victory.

According to the person sitting across from me, those were incredibly exciting times, even for one who had been a participant with three previous presidential hopefuls. Barack Obama appeared to move from one city to the next effortlessly, gaining confidence and motivation with each campaign stop.

WHI: He was remarkable to watch.  He took the script, elevated it with his oration, left the crowds screaming for more, and then would do it all over again, time after time after time.  On the campaign trail, Obama is a machine.

When I asked this insider if the media gave candidate Obama an assist throughout his campaign, it elicits a sly smile.  

WHI: Sure – we definitely had people in the media on our side.  Absolutely.  We went so far as to give them specific ideas for coverage.  The ones who took that advice from the campaign were granted better access, and Obama was the biggest story in 2008, so yeah, that gave us a lot of leverage.

Could Obama have succeeded without the media’s help?