Posted on 01/08/2018 1:11:31 PM PST by Kaslin
It's officially 2018, which means the midterm elections are right around the corner. When a successful Republican tax reform package kicks in next month, Democrats will have to reach even deeper to find a winning argument for November.
In 2017, Russia was used as a political hammer by Democrats against President Trump and Republicans closely associated with him. As the Special Counsel investigation drags on, with multiple investigations on Capitol Hill failing to turn up evidence of collusion, it's still being used as a talking point against the White House.
But according to former Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook, using the Russia narrative to win elections and take back red seats just isn't going to cut it.
"I don't think the Russia investigation is a winning message. You know, voters watch and they look to see what your priorities seem to be," Mook said during a recent interview on CNN. "This is actually why the Republicans are looking to have a fight over immigration because they want to send a signal to voters that Democrats are not focused on the voters but on immigration and that sort of thing. Obviously it's an important issue but the Republicans see that as a helpful wedge for their base. I think Democrats need to run on what everybody always needs to run on which is, what are you doing for the voters? What's in it for them?"
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
Will Democrats drop Russia in 2018? Highly unlikely, but there is a chance their push for impeachment takes precedent.
Polling on the issue continues to show Americans split.
Okay, so this guy is 14 months slower than we all were.
Almost as many say it was justified (46%) as say it was politically motivated (48%). Our country is lost for far too many.
LOL!!
This is the same nerd who scoffed at actually campaigning because he preferred his INTENDO style math projections, false projections and fiction, screaming absolutely that Hillary had the USA forever sacked.
Thanks be to God for miracles and Rob, the Mooky.
Yeh, I’m still trying to figure out how the Russians forcibly took my hand in the ballot box to not vote for Hillary Clinton
Robby Mook may be the worst campaign manager in history. A supreme embarrassment and laughingstock. If I were him, I’d craw under a rock and not come out, ever. No one cares what he has to say. They just see his name and remember how royally he screwed everything up.
I mean hey, Its only millions of tax dollars wasted...
Unfortunately the media still put him on tv to spout off, because it seems the left and some never Trumpers have no embarrassment or shame after their miserable predictions in 016.
How did it help to feed one hungry child?
He is to be thanked for his ineptitude, incompetence and loser status. What a pathetic individual.
In fact, Russia is a huge story and will become even bigger but not in the way they think.
He managed the worst candidate in history. The all time wicked witch of the west, playing like she is a woman. Hillry robbed the cradle when she hired him, a total yes man.
When the media needs an expert on “not winning” they go right to Hillary campaign manager Robbie Mook!
Mook actually started the Russia Russia narrative. It happened on CNN soon after the R. convention. He used the expression “experts say” several times. This was then used as (phony) evidence for a long time after that...according to experts on CNN.... it was infuriating.
Well, Hillary tried going all “Russia, Russia, Russia!” in the debates too, and nobody cared. That was before we found out that Hillary and her cronies invented the whole story and used fake evidence to get their fed cronies to investigate it.
Almost as many say it was justified (46%) as say it was politically motivated (48%). Our country is lost for far too many.
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