[GOP_Muzik]

In the end she is responsible for her own judgement. Had I been her campaign manager, right after that whole ‘witch’ thing happened I would have played with it instead of against it...and made a TV commercial recreating a scene from the Wizard of Oz with Pelosi as the Wicked Witch of the West, and then cut in O’Donnell and Glenda, with some easily interjected dialogue. It would have been a classic immediately, and would have won her the election. Too many people overplay how to influence popular media. The lowest denominator, passion, and humor will always win.

[Moseley]

Had I been her campaign manager, right after that whole ‘witch’ thing happened I would have played with it instead of against it...and made a TV commercial recreating a scene from the Wizard of Oz with Pelosi as the Wicked Witch of the West, and then cut in O’Donnell and Glenda, with some easily interjected dialogue

Kind of incomprehensible that the campaign manager did not think of any number of better responses. There are several dozen ways they could have had fun with it, defuse the issue with humor, etc. The campaign played it too safe, I think. A fan created a better funny ad on his own, about how Obama made the budget disappear like magic, etc., etc.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I don’t think the witch ad was the way to go. But if she was going to play with the witch ad, she could have started exactly like she did, dressed in a witch costume. Then she could have taken off the hat and black cloak, been dressed in something bright and cheery, moved over to a bright background shot, and said what she WAS, which is a strong fiscal conservative who was ready to solve the problems facing our country.