Obama already has his talking point to energize females voters: The contraception controversy
Now he has the Trayvon shooting to energize the black voter base. And it could not have happened in a better place for Obama. Florida. A swing state.
Interesting you bring that up. I hate to bring national politics to something as local and personally tragic as this story, but since national politics has done that already in the ilk of Sharpton and the debate over the self-defense law...
Yesterday, right-winger David Frum tweeted that Romney should've called Martin's parents and give them support. And maybe Frum's right? It would've been surprising considering his party affiliation and unfortunately the racial context of this story, but it would've made an impression. A positive one.
But he didn't, and his fall opponent staked his claim to that story. If we're talking political gaming as SV is trying to explain, then Romney dropped the ball and Obama took it in for the score. Sometimes opportunities are given to you, and sometimes you don't realize it until it's too late.
