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Posted on 12/06/2011 11:25:33 AM PST by Lazlo in PA
Republicans on a private Republican National Committee conference call with allies warned Tuesday that party surrogates should refrain from personal attacks against President Barack Obama, because such a strategy is too hazardous for the GOP.
"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.
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.
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As long as the candidate doesn’t focus 100% on whether or not Obama has a long form birth certificate they’ll be fine. That’s what happened to Trump; he asked Obama to show a piece of paper, and Obama did, and won the only battle Trump was waging.
Obama is polling at about 38%. No one has ever gotten re-elected who fell below 41% except maybe Truman. By next Nov 6th the Republicans could run a corpse and win.
What you have to remember is that the die hard Dems like your relatives will always vote for the Dem and the die hard Pubbies will always vote for the Republican. Its the independents who sway the election and in the last election there was also a new dynamic; the guilty white vote for a black. That dynamic will not take place in 2012. America is getting over a bad case of jungle fever and next time around they want a White guy back in the Oval Office.
I predict a Republican landslide not seen since Reagan beat Carter.
I never thought McCain could ever bring himself to attack Obama at ANY given time. Juan was wayyyy too awed and impressed by him.
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Palin was only doing what every VP nominee has done in modern times -- ie. "quarterback" the offense. McCain didn't have a clue what it took to get elected. She does what everybody should expect her to do as a loyal lieutenant and her CO stands back while his paid staffers publically woodshed her. Disgraceful.
Giving money to the RNC is as wasteful as giving money to the drunk guy sitting outside the liquor store.
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