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from the New York Magazine: http://nymag.com/news/features/barack-obama-2012-6/
Why Obamas Senior Strategists Think Hell Beat Mitt Romney
They will pummel him for being a vulture-vampire capitalist at Bain Capital. They will pound him for being a miserable failure as the governor of Massachusetts. They will mash him for being a water-carrier for Paul Ryans Social Darwinist fiscal program. They will maul him for being a combination of Jerry Falwell, Joe Arpaio, and John Galt on a range of issues that strike deep chords with the Obama coalition. Were gonna say, Lets be clear what he would do as president,? Plouffe explains. Potentially abortion will be criminalized. Women will be denied contraceptive services. Hes far right on immigration. He supports efforts to amend the Constitution to ban gay marriage.
The Obama effort at disqualifying Romney will go beyond painting him as excessively conservative, however. It will aim to cast him as an avatar of revanchism. Hes the fifties, he is retro, he is backward, and we are forwardthats the basic construct, says a top Obama strategist. If youre a woman, youre Hispanic, youre young, or youve gotten left out, you look at Romney and say, This fucking guy is gonna take us back to the way it always was, and guess what? Ive never been part of that.
But Plouffe, recalling George W. Bushs effective double-barreled attack on John Kerry as both a flip-flopping phony and a liberal extremist, maintains that the two threads will be merged into a single yarn: When Romney tries to Etch-a-Sketch, were not just gonna say, Oh, there goes old Mitt Romney again! Who knows where he stands? Were gonna say, He is once again showing hell say anythinghe has no core. But were also gonna say, We know where he stands; hes way off to the right on abortion, contraception, immigration, and gay rights, and hold him to those positions.
. . . Whats clear is that an Obama victory could have profound political implications for the future of the Democratic Party. When 44 arrived in office, some forecast that he might usher in a New New Deal. (Nope.) But if he gains reelection by consolidating his partys position with the electorates ascendant demographic forces, Obama may succeed in creating a viable postNew Deal coalition on which Democrats can build for years to come. Ronald Reagan turned a whole bunch of people who are now seniors into Republicans, says Messina. What is happening now is that young people, women, and Latinos are becoming Democrats. Thats the coalition Obama brought; demographics brought it, too. And for the next 30 years, it is going to be a real challenge for Republicans.
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BeyondGeography
(39,369 posts)There is nothing in the article about Kerry (nothing I saw, at least).
I dont have the time of reading village media, but from the OP, I am unsure where the title comes from, but who cares.
GD
freshwest
(53,661 posts)bigtree
(85,987 posts)How?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)It's not fun being sent to the glue factory after years of working your tail off, but that's his plan...
And as the old saying goes, 'The shortage will be divided amongst the peasants, hehehe!'
Faygo Kid
(21,478 posts)I think that is his weakness (that, and zero character and spine). He can't keep disappearing.
rocktivity
(44,576 posts)in wondering about that.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002737157
rocktivity
valerief
(53,235 posts)Forget about "the beer with him" nonsense. Who can you picture giving you a hug?
Mass
(27,315 posts)babylonsister
(171,056 posts)Initech
(100,063 posts)Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Mitt would have let you all be unemployed right now, in fact, his second statement was for the UAW to be destroyed.
Initech
(100,063 posts)I can imagine that sentiment is echoed throughout Michigan but... he likes the lakes, loves the lakes...
ThomThom
(1,486 posts)really doesn't seem the type to me