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cjsdowg posted...

Naw he picked this guy hoping Republicans would push him thru. Making the Republicans look unreasonable doesn't help here. Since this was guy people on who for Democrat did not like. If he was have picked a minority or someone white dude that the left really liked. And Republicans said know that would have helped more people get out and vote.

Obama was targeting centrists. He was hoping the GOP being absurd would help turn them off.

Obama's strategy was always roping in Democrats, youths, and progressives with his force of personality and bold talk while tailoring his actual political actions (VP pick, adaption of moderate Republican legislation, compromises with McConnell, etc.) towards winning over swing voters.

Unfortunately in 2016 he wasn't the candidate, someone far less charismatic and trustworthy than him was, so none of this actually worked on the right people and we were just left with the crap political moves.