https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/21/the-way-forward-2/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 06:53:11 -0400<![CDATA[So, yes, Barack Obama’s victory was remarkable, but it was—as his own campaign manager himself proudly says—entirely a matter of getting the mechanical details right and building up from there. The Obama campaign spent four years figuring out how to maximize his vote (one of the advantages of incumbency; Karl Rove did the same for George W. Bush between 2001 and 2004) and a year constructing a strategy to minimize the vote of his opponent. The results were almost perfect.]]>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:40:28 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/21/the-way-forward-2-n97672