Our idiot Washington political “elite”-
Democrats’ New Tactic: Praising 2012 Republicans
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR, The New York Times
May 20, 2011, 7:27 am
Here’s how the strategy could work, according to several Democratic advisers involved in implementing it:
- Convincing conservative voters that Republican candidates like Mr. Romney or Mr. Huntsman hold similar views to Mr. Obama might make them unacceptable in a Republican primary dominated by Tea Party activists.
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- If Republican candidates like Mr. Romney or Mr. Huntsman push back against the Democratic praise, they run the risk of looking like they are flip-flopping on positions they once proudly held.
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- Finally, if one of the Republicans emerges as the party’s nominee despite the Democratic plaudits, it may be tougher for that candidate to draw distinctions with Mr. Obama on those issues where they have seemed to agree.
Will this work? C’mon, we’re talking D.C. strategists here. Even they don’t expect it to work-
“None of us think that the Democratic party can dictate the outcome of the Republican nomination fight,” said one strategist. “But we can have some fun.”
Or it could just be that Obama is actually a Republican, implementing Republican policies.
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