Posted on 01/26/2010 7:24:41 AM PST by Cheap_Hessian
Democrats are looking for someone to blame for their electoral woes — and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Robert Menendez is working hard to make sure it’s not him.
Showing that they’ve learned the lesson of Massachusetts, Menendez and his staff will distribute a memo Tuesday advising Democratic campaign managers to frame their opponents early — and to drive a wedge between moderate voters and tea-party-style conservatives.
“Given the pressure Republican candidates feel from the extreme right in their party, there is a critical — yet time-sensitive — opportunity for Democratic candidates,” the DSCC writes. “We have a finite window when Republicans candidates will feel susceptible to the extremists in their party. Given the urgent nature of this dynamic, we suggest an aggressive effort to get your opponents on the record.”
The memo urges Democratic candidates to force their opponents to answer a series of questions on health care, taxes and some of the favorite causes of the far right:
“Do you believe that Barack Obama is a U.S. citizen? Do you think the 10th Amendment bars Congress from issuing regulations like minimum health care coverage standards? Do you think programs like Social Security and Medicare represent socialism and should never have been created in the first place? Do you think President Obama is a socialist? Do you think America should return to a gold standard?”
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‘But, since the question has come up, it is a little puzzling that his campaign is so intent on keeping his birth certificate under seal, isn’t it? ‘
Not really, keep ignoring it til the 2012 race heats up, and then tar every single one of his valid detractors and THEIR criticism with ‘birther nuts’.
Thats what was predicted a year ago, except nobody thought Obama would implode this quickly, so they have to trot it out NOW.
He’s spent the money in the same way Palin did fending off the ridiculous harassment lawsuits she was hit with.
And as I just noted, its my view the administration is doing this so they can trot out ‘The GOP is a bunch of birther kooks’ during the run up to the 2012 race. Except nobody inside the administration thought Obama would implode politically in year one.
Just my view of this. The kooks have cost us tax money. Lets not allow them to cost us the election cycle, eh?
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