The Horserace May be Entertaining, but....

The biggest surprise (too many) was that the 2008 Obama presidential campaign was successful in electing a person with no executive experience to the highest executive position in the world.  Count me among the surprised.  The campaign was executed to perfection with the assistance of big $$, intelligent marketing and a technologically savvy campaign team.  Despite Obama's baggage of being a Saul Alinsky disciple who was educated by Marxists professors, the adoption of new media enabled his team to surpass traditional message distribution (TV, radio & print) to tap into previously unharvested demo of folks who have their heads buried in their phones and laptops (and other places, as well).  The Obama branding superceded his actual background.  Unfortunately, there are many successful capitalists here in the Silicon Valley who know Marketing and know Technology and marvel at how the campaign was run without comprehending the results of the policies being implemented since the victory.  Hopefully, the coolness and smoothness of how a marketing campaign can be run has dissipated and the 2012 election will be seen as THE choice which it truly is:  Will our children and grand children be able to enjoy economic freedom or will they be destined to live in a European socialist' type nanny state?  Let stop admiring the process and realize what is at stake!