How Democrats can miss the central things going on in terms of politics outside of their own choir, and repeatedly play directly play into their opponents framing, is hard to fathom. But they can do it.
We hate the current health care bill, for reasons to be skipped here. But we agree that given the enormous [...]
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Turning Diamonds into Cow Manure
Posted: 20th January 2010 by admin in " "Health Care, Political Communication, Political Strategy, PoliticsTags: " "Health Care, democratic paty, glenn greenwald, Lanny Davis, Republicans
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Just How Bad Are Democrats At Controlling the Debate?
Posted: 20th January 2010 by admin in Comedy, Congress, Political Communication, Political Strategy, PoliticsTags: " "Democrats, " "Health Care, coakley, health care bill, health insurance, health insurance companies, Republicans, the note
Ponder this Headline under Time Magazine’s “Top Headlines” today:
Does Brown’s Senate Win Mean End of Health Reform?
This was the actual title.
And it’s not like Time pulled this out of the blue. Many Democrats and other sources before the election, had been wondering the same thing. Maloney: Health Care Dies if Coakley Loses. Here are a [...]
Who is Chris Matthews Mocking Here?
Posted: 3rd October 2009 by admin in Congress, Political Communication, Political Strategy, PoliticsTags: " "Democrats, Alay Grayson, Chriss Matthews, Hardball, Republicans
Chris Matthews says some incredible things at the beginning of this video, but truly, there is little that is more incredible than this statement at around minute :30.
How come you knew that the way to beat these guys was to put em on defense.
The common sense mind boggles. It reels. Very uncharacteristically, it grasps for [...]
A Great Ad For Republicans
Posted: 26th September 2009 by admin in Congress, Government, Political Communication, Political Strategy, Politics, SportsTags: " "Democrats, " "Health Care, " Medicare, " Obama, "Joe Wilson, Congress, DCCC, Fundraising, health care debate, Healthcare, Lie, Medicaid, Mislead, National Defense, NRCC, Paul Begala, Political Attacks, Republicans, Spin
Both the Democrats and Republicans are apparently trying to raise money off of the health care “debate” and Congressman Joe Wilson’s, um, unusual “involvement”(causing some to wonder this). This post gives part of the two fundraising solicitations, one from each party:
From this morning’s fundraising email from the NRCC, signed by [Joe] Wilson:
There has been a lot of debate [...]