Video: Obama's First Video As He Starts His Reelection Campaign

From Politico--Obama has come out with his first video in starting his reelection campaign:President

Barack Obama launched his 2012 reelection campaign on Monday morning with a video testimonial from voters posted on his website and an email to supporters, echoing his innovative and oft-copied 2008 kickoff.

By inaugurating what could be the first $1 billion campaign in history so early, Obama has gotten the jump on a scattered GOP field reluctant to take the plunge and hits the starting line months earlier than George W. Bush did for his 2004 reelection bid.

Take a look:





What do you think?
Ed Morrissey of Hot Air is not impressed:

How much trouble does O-12 face? They couldn’t even find enough enthusiastic people to fill out a commercial. In 2008, it was all about the passion, and yet only one person even mentions this, and only to say that Obama’s too busy to work that magic again. One of the last voices we hear in the ad comes from a North Carolina man who admits that he doesn’t agree with Obama on “everything,” but that he “respects” Obama. Yes, that’s the kind of momentum one longs to see at the start of a presidential campaign.

Politico also noticed what was lacking in Obama's video, that it:

seemed to be a tacit acknowledgement that many of his supporters have been disappointed by the stuttering pace of change and the compromises Obama has made in the last two-and-half years.

The two-minute clip features a series of interviews with voters from around the country explaining why they plan to support the president. It doesn’t include Obama’s voice or any new film footage of him. But it was quickly followed by an Obama email in which the president explained the early start to the campaign.

“We’re doing this now because the politics we believe in does not start with expensive TV ads or extravaganzas, but with you — with people organizing block-by-block, talking to neighbors, co-workers, and friends,” Obama writes, explaining why the launch is coming more than 19 months before Election Day.

Nice touch: "the politics we believe in does not start with expensive TV ads or extravaganzas"--after all, the expensive TV ads and extravaganzas come later.

Another interesting point Politico raises is the fact that currently, there is no Republican challenger--a plus that allows Obama to get a head start, but on the other hand:

the lack of an opponent forces the president to have a conversation about himself with himself – denying him the chance to contrast his record with that of a living, breathing conservative foil.

But doesn't that give Obama a chance to talk about all of his accomplishments both domestically and in foreign affairs--especially in the Middle East where Obama has expended so much time and effort!?

Oh, never mind.

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