"I have nothing to declare but two gerbils and a butt plug."
Posted on 09/06/2010 4:33:30 PM PDT by dr_who
President Barack Obama's political adviser, David Plouffe, on Sunday called Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin the leaders of the Republican Party — and also a "problem" for the GOP in this fall's elections and beyond.
Plouffe emphasized the "intolerance" and "extremism" of the tea party and of the right wing of the Republican Party as both a short-term and a long-term electoral problem for the moderate GOP, citing their attacks even on conservative senators such as Tom Coburn of Oklahoma as an example of how narrowly they have tailored their messaging and base.
"Right now — and this is a problem for them — I do think Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, they are the leaders of the party," Plouffe said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "There is an intolerance in that party and an extremism that I think is where the real energy is, and so I think you'll see in '11 and '12 with that presidential primary; those are going to be the people who come out to vote."
Tea-party-backed candidates — from Sharron Angle in Nevada to Rand Paul in Kentucky and, most recently, Joe Miller in Alaska — have enjoyed high levels of success in primary battles, but Plouffe and the Democrats are banking on the hope that these candidates will alienate independents and more moderate Republicans.
With Limbaugh, Beck and Palin emerging as the leaders of the GOP, and edging out more mainstream Republicans, Plouffe said Democrats could make gains in specific races across the country.
"That's going to be a problem" for them, Plouffe said.
Comments worth reading. Some again not happy .. I find it strange reading this on Politico. They are so in the bag for the WH.
While I appreciate the advice, I’m not all that sure that a strategy change is needed - considering that the Republicans are up by 12 points in the generic Congressional ballot (by far their highest, ever).
Baghdad Dave.
"I have nothing to declare but two gerbils and a butt plug."
I don't think that "fear" has anything to do with it. This sounds more like the Dems' opening shots for 2012, and it has a very good chance of working for them.
They figure, probably rightly, that these three will make perfect targets for a scare campaign. (Recall the one they used to such excellent effect back in 1995-96, with Newt Gingrich as their whipping boy.)
Consider: far more people do not listen to Beck or Limbaugh, than do listen to them. Most people don't pay direct attention to Sarah Palin.
They are, however, willing to be told about Limbaugh, Palin, and Beck, and the Dems and their pet media are more than happy to be the ones doing the telling.
You dismiss this at your peril.
I think the RNC needs to say that the biggest liabilities for the Democrats are Ed Schultz, Keith Olbermann and ... the people over at Democratic Underground.
They must be DEFEATED!
lol
man they are getting desperate, they are throwing everything out there now, hoping desperately that SOMETHING might stick and help them.
but it ain’t gonna happen you commie scum.
Yeah, nothing extreme about Obama, Pelosi, and Reid though! ;-)
I’m so glad we have all these Dims out there offering us all this great advice, just trying to help us I’m sure.
Oh my. Someone stole his chin!
Keep up the good work!!!!!!
The left will ALWAYS tell conservatives who they fear by who the attack the most.
In reference to the earlier thread;
Well let’s serve up a double dip of his least favorite ice cream.
Straw dogs burn much to easily to ashes as will this lame brained attempt. Buz words “intollerant” and “extreme”, is that all you have you little light in the loafers, pencil necked, twerp?
Nevermind the fact that all three (exempting Sarah’s McCain problem) have done nothing but setup candidates to run against the establishment Republican Party picks so his arguement further fails the straight face test much less any argueable point of reality.
This hack couldn’t be more transparent.
I am getting the picture. If this man were a wart on a cockroach, the wart would be in rejection mode.
The polls are spooking the poof...
Wow, never seen a picture of this creep.
He has a hairline line like Eddie Munster.
From Sunday, MEET THE PRESS (NBC): David Plouffe “I’m not an economist”
Yet the NBC host wasted all that time talking economics with you? An infomercial to spew Democrat talking points. They just had to compare the results after 2 bills, and see Plouffe is wrong.
February 17, 2009, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act = 111th United States Congress
May 28, 2003, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 = 108th United States Congress
Yeah, I know, it’s just so horrible for us to have a politician and two radio hosts who drive their opponents completely bats**t.
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