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On Obama, RNC suggests pity
Politico,com/blog ^ | 12/6/11 | Ben Smith

Posted on 12/06/2011 1:30:12 PM PST by ColdOne

On Obama, RNC suggests pity

Mitt Romney, who has toughened up his line recently, long campaigned on a well-honed Obama line: A nice guy in over his head.

And that line is, Yahoo! reports, what the RNC is counseling in private:

"We're hesitant to jump on board with heavy attacks" personally against President Obama, Nicholas Thompson, the vice president of Tarrance Group, a Republican polling firm, said on the call. "There's a lot of people who feel sorry for him."

Recent polling data indicates that while the president still suffers significantly low job approval ratings, voters still give "high approval" to Obama personally, Thompson said.

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Voters "don't think he's an evil man who's out to change the United States" for the worse--even though many of the same survey respondents agree that his policies have harmed the country, Thompson said. The upshot, Thompson stressed, is that Republicans should "exercise some caution" when talking about the president personally.
1 posted on 12/06/2011 1:30:17 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Rush was talking about this today. He was irate.


2 posted on 12/06/2011 1:32:39 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: ColdOne

Cowardly garbage. Obama is an evil piece of crap and if they’re too cowardly to say it, they should be removed. Republicans need to push for states rights and get power away from the democrats and RINOs.


3 posted on 12/06/2011 1:33:22 PM PST by bigdirty
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To: ColdOne
No one can be sure anymore if Politico is giving us the straight stuff on this sort of thing, but it looks like Reince Priebus has already handed over management of the RNC to pollsters and low ranking staff people.

So, some of you people who said Reince was going to lead us to a brave new future of Republican campaign victories ~ come in here and tell us how great this puke is again ~ I'm forgetting about it real bad when I read this piece ~ so we need to hear from you.

I said he'd be a useless doufous and there he is ~ a useless doufous!

4 posted on 12/06/2011 1:34:29 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: ColdOne
How to lose, in another words. No questions are allowed, no references to his Communist past and the Communist past of Comrade Axelrod, no pictures of bowing to the King of Saudi Arabia. Doncha ever talk about the red diapers!


5 posted on 12/06/2011 1:34:50 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: ColdOne

The Stupid Party becomes even stupider.


6 posted on 12/06/2011 1:35:00 PM PST by Tony O (hibobbi!)
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To: ColdOne

Absolute insanity. The RNC is beyond stupid.

The in the tank for the Marxist news media cannot be permitted to dictate and frame obama’s image.

Only the raw truth about him and his failed policies will win the election.


7 posted on 12/06/2011 1:35:05 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC:DONATE MONTHLY! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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To: ColdOne

More proof that the RNC relates more with liberals than with conservatives. They’ll treat someone who hates their guts better than they’ll treat conservative candidates in their own party.


8 posted on 12/06/2011 1:39:25 PM PST by skeeter
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To: ColdOne; Indy Pendance; RetiredArmy; jakerobins; Reagan Man; FrdmLvr; stockpirate; PjhCPA; ...

One more time, all you folks who snuffed up to this guy like you did at: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657158/posts last January, come on back and tell us why he’s caved in like this? Did Romney break his neck or something.


9 posted on 12/06/2011 1:44:02 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: ColdOne
They should replace the elephant as the logo with this:


10 posted on 12/06/2011 1:44:11 PM PST by GraceG
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To: trisham

Nancy Pelosi just told everyone how the Dems work with dirt on Newt comment, I think Nancy thought she was behind closed doors talking to THE PARTY


11 posted on 12/06/2011 1:45:59 PM PST by molson209
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To: ColdOne
More and more, when I see the term "RNC" in print, I automatically envision "RINOs for Neutering Conservatism!"

I dismiss them out of hand, their gutless spokespersons and certainly their call for my donations, starting first with Ari Fleishman, then move on to any WH staff under Pres. Bush.

12 posted on 12/06/2011 1:46:36 PM PST by zerosix (native sunflower)
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"We're hesitant to jump on board with heavy attacks" personally against President Obama

Worked for McCain, right?

13 posted on 12/06/2011 1:47:11 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (Obama: The stupid person`s idea of a smart person.)
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To: ColdOne

How hard is it to have a conference call without “reporters” listening in? LOL...I can do it with a free conference call line. It’s not exactly complicated.


14 posted on 12/06/2011 1:48:47 PM PST by EternalVigilance (The Republicans are the Washington Generals of American politics.)
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To: GraceG

Come on! At least the Cowardly Lion was likable!


15 posted on 12/06/2011 1:50:16 PM PST by EternalVigilance (The Republicans are the Washington Generals of American politics.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Come on! At least the Cowardly Lion was likable!

You raise a valid point, maybe the Republican Logo should be Mule, because it is sterile and non-offensive to Donkeys.


16 posted on 12/06/2011 1:57:15 PM PST by GraceG
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To: ColdOne

“Look around you, Ellen. We’re standing on the threshold of hell.”

Note to the RNC and any of their hired hacks who are counseling us to “play nice.”

We are not playing a game, here.

Our country is on the edge of collapse and, yes, MANY voters (including me) think Obama IS an evil man who’s out, to not change, but DESTROY the United States of America as we have known it.


17 posted on 12/06/2011 1:58:18 PM PST by Walrus (Big government is the natural enemy of liberty)
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To: muawiyah
Its true, I was happy to see Michael Steele gone and wished Reince Priebus best wishes. Wouldn't call that a blanket endorsement of Priebus for eternity, but he remains head and shoulders above Steele or the Dems, Debbie Blabbermouth Schlutz.

Put down the bong, you crazy pinhead! LOL

18 posted on 12/06/2011 1:58:18 PM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: GraceG
maybe the Republican Logo should be Mule, because it is sterile and non-offensive to Donkeys.

Good one!

I think this represents them best myself:


19 posted on 12/06/2011 2:01:14 PM PST by EternalVigilance (The Republicans are the Washington Generals of American politics.)
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To: onyx
Absolute insanity. The RNC is beyond stupid.

You're telling me.

Just received my third or fourth *survey* (begging for money really) from the RNC this year.

Keep writing across the thing with a red Marks-O-Lot "NO MORE RINOS" and sending it back.

They just don't get the hint, it's becoming a sad joke.

20 posted on 12/06/2011 2:10:49 PM PST by The Cajun (Palin, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
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