Karl Rove's Strategy for Beating Clinton and Obama

kpete

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Thu Jan-17-08 11:08 AM
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Karl Rove's Strategy for Beating Clinton and Obama

As to how the Republicans can win, Rove takes a page right out of the Democrats' play book:

He said the candidates had to first �create a sustaining narrative about themselves.� Then he said the candidate should �immediately engage� on the �kitchen table issues,� like healthcare, education, jobs and the economy.

Third, Rove said the GOP nominee has to show that he is serious about campaigning �aggressively in places where Republicans don�t usually campaign.� Rove said that includes among black, Latino, Asian and union voters.

My translation: Voters want a President with Democratic values and any Republican hoping to be President needs to be a Republican in name only. Unless our nominee shoots himself or herself in the foot during the campaign, Democrats are on track for winning the White House.

more at:
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/1/17/103655/032

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EFerrari

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Thu Jan-17-08 11:16 AM
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1. I think this is exactly backward. Their strategy is to suppress our votes

at every level. To make our campaigns seem ugly and contentious, to ridicule our candidates as well as to bounce legit voters from the rolls and vote caging.

Democratic Vote Suppression 2008 might as well be their slogan. There is little attention to the Republican candidates. The energy and focus is on suppressing Democrats and Democratic voters.

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Afje

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Thu Jan-17-08 11:57 AM
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2. How did the Rovian strategy

work out in 06?

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Thu Jan-17-08 12:00 PM
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3. Rove is another master of "triangulation".

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GreenTea

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Thu Jan-17-08 12:21 PM
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4. Fuck the moderates! Progressive Edwards will absolutely beat ANY republican candidate soundly......

Edited on Thu Jan-17-08 12:22 PM by GreenTea

ALL polls back this up!

I have no feeling for fucking moderates....Reagan admirers, corporate supporters, status quo fucking moderates!

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IdesOfOctober

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Sun Jan-20-08 03:14 PM
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5. Kick!

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