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Originally Posted by Rochard
I don't follow politics on a day to day basis, so some little known Senator or Congressman doesn't really get much attention from me unless they are in the news a lot or running for President.
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The speech was definitely how he bounced on the national scene. However most didn't think he was ready to run for 08. The smartest thing he and his campaign ever did, was see the glaring hole left open by the Clinton campaign, and then exploit the hell out of it.
The Clinton campaign totally ignored all caucus primaries. Obama and his campaign saw that this was their path to get noticed and create legitimacy. They put everything in the ground game and communications in those caucus primaries. It allowed them to win these easily, and collect the delegates to raise the profile and legitimacy of his campaign. These caucus states also came early before a lot of the larger primaries in the country. By the time Clinton and her campaign realized they were being triangulated, it was far to late to stop it. You can't just spring up a ground game in caucus states.