Do you recall that in 1991 “kinder and gentler” GHWB boycotted the funeral of Lee Atwater?
I did not remember that. I remember vaguely when he died because the media enjoyed a few last jabs.
It amazes me that so many Republicans fall for this soft approach. Obama has a wildly vicious political team. So did Clinton. Neither get tarred for it. Reagan had one. Bush43 had a somewhat aggressive team, but not in the Atwater tradition. We’ll see what the Romney team has in store. They definitely have the capability if they chose to use it. I am confused by the absence of their awesome rapid response team in the late spring and early summer.