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To: GVnana; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; DoughtyOne; Gilbo_3; Impy; stephenjohnbanker; NFHale; ...
3. Going Over the Cliff Gives Republicans Time to Fix Their Messaging
The biggest negotiating disadvantage Republicans are at right now is that they're getting murdered on the messaging front. Both the media and Obama are running circles around a Party that seems thoroughly incapable of making the case for spending cuts and against raising taxes — a position that was once so easy to articulate it actually won us a few elections.
What the GOP needs more than a lousy deal is time to regroup, get their message down, and come up with a post-holiday plan for a media offensive that will get a message across that penetrates.

Exactly!
I keep repeating this over and over again for two years and certainly the election should be a wakeup call. All those R House surrenders to O should too.

I will repeat my suggestions here that address this problem specifically:

1) Pass the partial extension of the tax cuts through the House to disarm Obama and Dems of that club, then get on TV and make sure voters know you are not for raising taxes on the middle class.
Then you can walk away from Obama’s/Geitners list of outragous demands.

2) And create a video commercial of all the Dems who have been lining up calling to go over the cliff to use as a club to beat Dems with next January when the heat really goes up.

Then go over the cliff and make Dems and O own it, unlike the other standoffs. Try to win this time,.

20 posted on 11/30/2012 5:42:31 AM PST by sickoflibs (Has Bohner caved to Obama again yet?)
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To: sickoflibs

” 1) Pass the partial extension of the tax cuts through the House to disarm Obama and Dems of that club, then get on TV and make sure voters know you are not for raising taxes on the middle class.
Then you can walk away from Obama’s/Geitners list of outragous demands.

2) And create a video commercial of all the Dems who have been lining up calling to go over the cliff to use as a club to beat Dems with next January when the heat really goes up.

Then go over the cliff and make Dems and O own it, unlike the other standoffs”

This would work.


30 posted on 11/30/2012 8:57:35 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker
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