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Originally Posted by Azure
Yeah, certainly not the best way to help his image. He could do a sitdown with a lot of other BETTER people.
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Don't kid yourself; this is very calculated. The next election is likely to be closer than the last one (i.e. the GOP will likely not be running a geriatric windbag alongside a brainless brunette in librarian glasses). The election will come down to a few swing voter blocs.
Obama doesn't care if people who never supported him don't like him appearing on the View. This is about solidifying and expanding his support among soccer moms. Obama did very well with married women in 2008, but not quite as well as he did with single women. If he improves his standing among married women by, say--5-10% between now and 2012, that could mean winning Ohio again.
To put that in context: the GOP
cannot win without Ohio. Obama could win by getting Pennsylvania and not Ohio, but not if he loses both. Expect Obama to do a lot more of this kind of thing over the next 24 months.