It Ain’t Easy
While reading a June 12, 2008 Time Magazine article “How He Did It,” an account of how Barack Obama came to win the Democratic nomination, it reminded me of the dynamics of a software project. Early in the Obama’s campaign near panic set in as Obama was drawing record crowds and record donations, but he still trailed Hillary Clinton by 20 points in the polls. Many in his campaign feared his approach to politicking would not get the job done. Obama’s “top moneymen were urging him to rethink his strategy, shake up his staff, go negative.”
