Posted on 01/19/2008 1:35:11 PM PST by WileyPink
The man who masterminded George W Bush’s two presidential campaigns thinks both Clinton and Obama are beatable. Here’s what he thinks the Republicans have to do to hold on to the White House.
How to beat Clinton
• She talks about fiscal responsibility but has introduced “$800 billion in new spending and the campaign is less than half over.”
• Wants to repeal all of Bush’s tax cuts, can be targeted for opposing “troop funding” by highlighting her votes against supplemental spending bills to pay for the Iraq war.
• Had trouble answering a question about driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants in a debate. “In the course of 15 minutes, I counted her giving about four different answers.”
• Likeability is an issue the party can exploit – even when she was the only name on the ballot, nearly 40 percent of Democrats voted “uncommitted” in the Michigan primary.
How to beat Obama
• Focus on his limited experience - “He got elected three years ago, and he spent almost the entire time running for president,”
• Often voted “present” instead of “yes” or “no” during his time in the Illinois Senate.
• Go after Obama for voting “present” and “no” on state legislation that would have stopped a process whereby an infant is left to die after being born alive during a botched abortion procedure.
• Nonpartisan ratings show Obama is more liberal than Clinton, which is "pretty hard to do".
How to beat either of them
• Use the trump card from the 2002 and 2004 elections - neither Obama nor Clinton is prepared to protect the country from terrorists.
• Target them for how they vote on any Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act legislation that comes before the Senate this year. “Do they or do they not want our intelligence officials to be listening in on terrorists’ conversations in the Middle East who may … be plotting to hurt America?”
How a Republican can win
• First “create a sustaining narrative about [himself].” Then “immediately engage” on the “kitchen table issues,” like healthcare, education, jobs and the economy.
• Campaign “aggressively in places where Republicans don’t usually campaign.” That includes among black, Latino, Asian and union voters.
• Lastly, show the electorate “that they understand the surge is working.” Get firmly behind the war effort, and paint the Democratic nominee as “defeatist.”
How about offering true conservatism? Lower taxes but also less government, less meddling, less corperate welfare.
Want a trump card? Offer to abolish the IRS permanently. Let the ‘rats argue against you that it should remain.
Good post, Wiley Pink. Good advice from Karl Rove.
Run Thompson.
Not surprising a man who likes to rove ignores borders
Wow. Common sense. Hmmm - gee, might be a good idea since that’s what conservatives are supposed to be all about.
NOMINATE A CONSERVATIVE!
It really is that easy.
1. grant an not an amnesty amnesty to every illegal alien
2. implement a "TEMPORARY" worker program so ten million new workers can enter the nation every year
3. double the budget of the Department of Education
4. force Israel into a terrible peace agreement
5. allow tens of thousands from terrorist states to enter the US on Education Visas
6. implement 'great society' programs
7. and on and on and on and on and on it goes...
It'll so confuse the democrats they won't know which democrat to vote for, a liberal(D) or a liberal(R).
Thanks Karl, you magnificent bastard.
The most important thing is sincerity. (You know the rest.)
How about offering true conservatism?
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Duncan Hunter!
You can always try CONSERVATISM.
It would probably work better than trying to beat the Libs at their own game, Amnesty, etc.
For some GOP candidates, that would be like a vampire offering wooden stakes and holy water.
Talking points is not enough. You need a CANDIDATE who embodies conservative ideals and principles in action, but who also has political clout to get backing.
Or just say......”she’s been cheated on by her husband, she DESERVES to be President”!
I wonder why he missed the obvious illegal alien, and amnesty issue??? - Tom
The great mind speaks.
Will read later.
I didn't right it...I just posted it. :-))
A Freudian slip perhaps?
I know most here think Rove is some kind of fricken genius, but at the risk of ruffling a few feathers ...
"Masterminded" ? "Masterminded" ? Bush very, very barely beat one of the stupidest men ever to appear on the national political stage, and then he barely beat a man exposed as a traitor during the Presidential campaign. Rove is sort of like the trainer of a high class stakes horse who hangs on to win in a photo against competition destined for the glue factory, and then brags about what a great trainer he is. Spare me.
ML/NJ
Why show your cards before the hand is dealt however.
Obama to me could be beat on much more than those few items.
If people can just get over him being Jack Black that is a black Kennedy, they will realize he is no John Kennedy. His wife is raising funds for campaign in London, probably raising funds in Islamic countries also. The list is never ending
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