I cannot think of a single Republican who would be driven away from a “contender” if he/she said Obama was a Socialist. Can you?
Not a one. The shoe fits very well.
No. But then, if the only people who vote for you are Republicans, you lose all 57 states.
Daniels is absolutely right about the rhetoric. It feels good to say it, it fires up the base, but it does not help with the independents whose support (like it or not) is essential to anyone trying to win the office.
More importantly, there is the issue of governing after you get elected. Unless we get 60 votes in the Senate (ain't gonna happen), we're going to need some Democratic support if we really want to make big, substantive changes in how this country is run. A President who may be an ideologue but doesn't come across as one has the best chance of succeeding.
That was Obama's trick. Sure, the guy's a socialist. but he convinced voters by his demeanor and tone that he was something else. That made it tougher for us to hold the squishy RINO's like the Maine sisters. The result of that is everything we see, including ObamaCare and all this other wacky crap. To reverse that, we need to elect someone who has the right policies but knows how to sell them without looking like an ideologue to independents. And who will be able to attrack support from Senate Democrats nervous about the President's appeal to independents.
Daniels is more conservative than Romney, more electable than Perry, and doesn't alienate most independents. The left hates him because they consider him a wolf in sheep's clothing, which is exactly why he'd have been a good candidate.
Oh well.
What he’s saying is that we shouldn’t tell the truth about 0bama because it would be “uncivil”.
This is EXACTLY the environment the left is trying to sandbag us with, and Daniels is acquiescing to it.