Posted on 04/28/2008 9:18:31 AM PDT by The_Republican
HERE ARE SIX SUGGESTIONS FOR WHAT TO DO.
1. Your stump speech is sounding old and out of touch. You made a mistake by not giving the bored press (and voters) something new last Tuesday when you lost Pennsylvania. Come up with something fresh that's focused on the general election. Recapture the optimistic tone of your start and discard the weary, prickly and distracted tone you've taken on.
2. When you get into trouble, pick one, simple explanation. And stay with it. Take the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. You said you weren't sitting in church when he said those ugly things. Two days later, you excused him, saying his comments didn't give "a well-rounded portrait" of him. Two days after that, you condemned his statements as "not only wrong but divisive" but still couldn't "disavow him" any more than you could your grandmother. Ten days later, you implied if Wright hadn't retired, you might have left his church. It would have been better to say from the start that Wright's words were wrong and offensive and you should have spoken out earlier. The applause would have been deafening.
3. Your lack of achievements undercuts your core themes. It's powerful when you say America is not "Red States or Blue States but the United States." The problem is, you don't have a long Senate record of working across party lines. So build one. In the coming months, say that you'll appoint Republicans to your cabinet and get a couple to say they'd serve. Highlight initiatives Republicans can agree on. Most importantly, push for a bipartisan issue now before Congress.
4. You speak of the "fierce urgency of now" that calls leaders to confront important challenges. Sounds good, but people are asking, what urgent issues have drawn your enormous talents?
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Every dog has his day.
Doggie ping?
The GOP coalition was between the economic elitists and the cultural populists, but that is ending.
Under the guise of “advice,” Karl Rove tears him a new one, point by point. And Newsweak got stuck with printing it.
It’s actually funny to see Rove giving Obama tips.
Having been rated the 'most liberal senator'--he has shown ZERO willingness to 'reach across the aisle', compromise, or be inclusive. ZERO.
Although I am not a big fan of McCain, at least McCain has shown a willingness (wrongly, I may add) to 'reach across the aisle', 'compromise', unite and 'bring this country together' in a bi-partisan manner--with McCain-Feingold (campaign finance reform), McCain-Kennedy (immigration), and McCain-Lieberman (global warming). He also sponsored those three--something which an extremist like Obama has NOT done.
Obama has not sponsored anything, compromised at all, or 'reached across the aisle in a bi-partisan' manner. His extremism is what makes him the 'darling' of the far left!!!
If you want to further divide this country on racial, social and economic lines,,,
AN EXTREMIST LIKE OBAMA IS THE RIGHT MAN AT THE RIGHT TIME!!
Obama is a far-left, uncompromising EXTREMIST, period.
Yeah Rove the Swift Boaters had to save Bush in 2004 thanks to your great campaign
You got to love Rove for that. ;)
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