Obama privacy invasion mistake and buyer's remorse

Obama to Flood Airwaves and Winner's economic clout not assured. Those two recent headlines got me thinking about how billionaire Texan Mr. Ross Perot lost his last presidential bid.

Perot's entry as the third choice in a two-way tie actually helped Mr. Clinton to win, even though his eleven 30-minute prime-time television ad buys got him nowhere fast.

Now, Obama is following Perot's big-guy-on-the-block lead mainly because he's flush with small donors' cash mostly from online virtual supporters.

In my humble opinion, Obama's 30-minute TV assault is a mistake that could cost him the election. His gamble is probably that many people would watch.

If they don't and opt for cable TV fare instead, that's one million US dollars per prime-time slot literally down the campaign finance hole.

I strongly believe that the election has already been won and lost. Mr. Al Gore was the better candidate but in the end he lost the presidency to Mr. Bush, Jnr.!

The same is also true of the Hillary and Barack face off at the primaries or nomination stage.

Sadly, there is always a political penalty for overreaching - I never said overarching ambition - or overconfidence.

There's something called trying too hard to impress. You're bound to make mistakes that a passive onlooker would gawk at in disbelief - just like me right now!

Let me explain. The polls are never totally reliable because the results are based on the premise that people who are qualified/registered to vote always tell the truth, whether you call it a voter survey or an exit poll.

So, when you have a lot of undecided voters, you must tread softly. For one thing, they are undecided for several reasons.

Sometimes 'undecided' also means 'still mulling a decision', 'I am not sure if my decision is the right one', or even 'not interested right now' - or something totally different.

As you can see, if the undecided voters form a big percentage of the voting population, if you rile or spook them at the last hour, so to speak, you would have only yourself to blame for your own political misfortunes.

So, while Mr. Obama prepares his last ditch efforts to sway or reach the political unreachables and unswayables in the 'not interested right now' category, he should beware of buyer's remorse, even among the other two categories.

Can you imagine facing 30-minutes of political rhetoric that you couldn't really give a hoot about - especially if you'd done your best to keep that kind of stuff off your turf?

And, finally, anyway, why spend all those millions on a photo - okay, video - opportunity when the entire economy is depressed?

What will you be running when you win? An economy weakened by profligacy, political and financial?