Fight on almost everything

"We can fight on almost everything. But we can come together on some things. And those 'somethings' can mean everything to a whole lot of people." 

— President Obama 

at the opening of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate  #EMKInstitute

Small gestures matter

Do care. President Obama forgot to salute when he boarded Marine One. He later realized his mistake and went back to the Marine.

Obama Nobled!

The Norwegian Nobel joke continues. Its Obama for Peace.

The liberal winner cup overflows.

We have seen the likes of Jimmy Carter, a gutless appeaser, Yasser Arafat, a terrorist thug and Al Gore, a lying Green win the same prize in the past. Therefore should we be surprised at the Obama choice?

(Plagiarized from BBB)

Just a crazy idea...

What can Obama do to top all this adulation and attention he is in right now? Decline the peace prize and say this is just a beginning and he would like to wait to deserve it! There goes all the hate.

What ya think?

Barack, The Swatter

Obama is more closer to normal people. And he is doing it day in and day out. Associated press mentions a latest incident when Barack Obama smacked a fly during a live interview with CNBC correspondent John Harwood, left, in the White House on Tuesday June 16, 2009 in Washington. The best part is he warns it saying, 'get out of here' and then decides to smack it.

No retakes, editing or assistance... just as he is expected to... handle everything alone and settle once and for all. The Economist reports that US President Obama's likeability factor amongst Americans is nearly 70%.

If only things were so simple and easy. Hope is still on Obama about what he can do - turnaround the economic crisis and bring everything on track once again. Time is ticking. All the rhetoric & promises aside, brand Obama's delivery time has come. Will he succeed or collapse? I am starting to question.

Here it is on youtube, the original one before other funny versions crop up.

Next top blog

How long will it take to be a top blog? Well Obama's blog is 69'th at present on Technorati. The idea of the world's most powerful man talking to you is amazing. But will he be ale to sustain this popularity? The prediction is that the blog will become the most popular blog and reach the top 10 spot in the next 45 days! Here is a video from this blog.



Reasons for the success:

• Interactive nature
• Economic crisis and message of hope
• Quick escalation of issues
• Recency effect
• Huge expectations

Having a blog isn't going to make Obama loved for ever. It is time to deliver.

Harping on the negative

Buyer Behaviour explains why dissenting brand information is helpful. It is always good to harp a bit on your shortcomings as areas of improvement which will enhance the credibility of the message. I think it is better to have a clear understanding of what is good and what is shortcoming and then let the consumer decide what he should be doing.

The comparative ads about the features of a car has one or two features missing but usually these are non-important ones when compared to the ones on which the brand in question scores over the others.

Wikipedia scrubbing clean, information on Barack Obama may keep negative publicity away from a web page, but it can't quell renewed interest about that very same information in the minds of the average citizenry.

Try and wipe a slate clean and you have more people curious about what was scribbled on, in the first place.

I think Obama is missing this point. There is too much of positive feel that was generated and now with wiki responding in this way its the hit at the credibility. Bush was better at this. He allowed the dissenters to speak up, even make movies like 911, that only told people he was no different but he was doing something to keep them safe. I think over a period of time people will start to realize how bold and progressive his policies were.

Bush - Obama

Bush to Obama. Did something change? The similarity is striking. This is a Tee design and works anti-clockwise. Obamania has an unprecedented  market that is estimated to be worth $100 million. The items range from coins, plates, bath and bed linen, buttons and so on. This is only a 'seasonal' purchase and goes waste once the fad declines.

Is Chiranjeevi the Obama of AP?

Over-zealous media and thinkers in the Praja Rajyam Party are hurriying to make comparisons between Obama and Chiranjeevi. Like Obama, Chiranjeevi is being portrayed as a brand for change and social justice by people. Like Obama became the representative of a voice all over America to the White House, Chirajeevi is being shown as a saviour of all the people and the solution to the problems. But the brand should have similar reflections in all its communication. Obama stayed close to the 'change' and 'hope' while Chiranjeevi is trying all the options to stay in the fray. Let see how the opposition fights this out.

O-BA-MA

The hands that hold the keys to the future of the world. They have a great responsibility and power. The dawn of a new presidency is always a time of awe and anxiety. The awe comes in bearing witness to the peaceful transfer of power as a new chapter of national history unfolds. The anxiety speaks to an untested new leader and the challenges he will face. The swearing-in today of the nation's 44th president is a moment of particular extremes: enormous joy, great hope, deep fears. 

Let us see how he would use them.

Obama or McCain: Jus another face of Uncle Sam

I don't agree with Prof. Ray when he says Obama's election would usher in a welfare state in the US. Let me tell you why.

America, or for that matter any nation, is built on certain fundamental principles, beliefs and customs which are designed and created by the people (at least in a democratic society) over a period of time. It does not evolve in a night or does change so fast. Its the foundation on which the nation stands, works and acts.

Obama is just another president. I call him a comma in the history of time (as of now). You don't know if he will be able to make good all the promises he has made and fulfill all his wonderful dreams before his tenure. No wonder he has captured world's imagination and created hope and justified that dreams would come true. Who expected an African American to become the president of the United States? On this front he has succeeded. I also think that certain policies are going to make news for being so social in their tone and mode of implementation but on the whole Uncle Sam's policy will not change.

America has been a capitalist nation and fanatical follower on this front. No individual, not even Obama, can change such a nation to socialist. The system does not support that. The mentality/psyche, of the people, conglomerates, bureaucracy will not change. Its gonna be the same hard pill but coated with pink sweet smelling candy. Capitalism is here to stay. So welfare state can take a break as US was a capitalist state, is one and will be.

Another opinion is that the entire system needs a 'Change' and hence Obama is the right person at the right time. I don't know. I wish he could and hope he stands for what he has been telling people he would do. Bring in Change, give people hope and lift the nation out of the financial crisis and save the image.

America needs a saviour, a leader whom they can look up to, a person who seems real, a president they can relate to. Is Obama the answer?

Obama or no Obama, in God we trust. Good luck, Obama!

Obama VP Txt Reaches 2.9 Million

Nielsen Mobile (press release): "Nielsen Mobile, a service of The Nielsen Company, estimates that 2.9 million US mobile subscribers received a text message from the Obama campaign over the course of Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

How does Nielsen know this? Nielsen Mobile monitors shortcode marketing (the use of text-message shortcodes such as the 62262 “O-B-A-M-A”) through the world’s largest telecommunications bill-panel, an opt-in panel that reports on the billing activity for more than 40,000 subscriber lines in the US. It’s just one of the many ways Nielsen reports on wireless and mobile media consumers."

Obama Againist Outsourcing?

Taking a tough stand against outsourcing, the presumptive Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama said that the choice is between giving tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas or give benefit to those corporations that keep jobs domestically."We can keep giving tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas, or we can give tax benefits to companies that invest right here in New Hampshire," Senator Obama said at a joint appearance with Senator Hillary Clinton in Unity, New Hampshire."We can have a tax code that rewards wealth and hands out billions of dollars more to big corporations and multimillionaires. Or we can provide a USD 1,000 tax cut to 95 per cent of families in America, start rewarding work and not just wealth, and eliminate income taxes for seniors making USD 50,000 a year or less," Obama said, adding that's an agenda for change that we can believe in. That's the choice that we can make in this election."We can allow millions of Americans to work full-time but still not make enough to support their families, or we can raise the minimum wage, index it to inflation, and ensure that hard work pays off in America," the Illinois Senator said.

Source.

Make way for the new Prez Obama!

Its almost clear that Obama is leading the race for the US President. But I salute the spirit and passion of Hillary. How she follows her campaign! Anyways history will be made. So what I expect is Obama for the prez and Hillary for the vice-prez. That would be a dream come true, for both! Make way for Obama!

If this happens and if Obama’s signals are to be heeded there would be less and less projects coming to India as they would be directed to other nations. With new talent coming up in the form of China, Vietnam and other such nations we will have a tough time in continuing the same lifestyle and we definitely need a back up! So better start working on alternative technologies and skills that would keep your valet full even when the IT shifts its base.

So what’s your back up plan?