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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Two masterful strategic moves by a brilliant political operation. [View all]jerseyjack
(1,361 posts)12. The better strategy would have been to hold off on the income tax return strategy until Oct.
If Mitt does release the returns now, the whole thing will blow over as soon as Dancin' With The Stars and NFL gets on the tube.
Their eyes will glaze over and the response will be, "What about the taxes? He filed them didn't he?"
If this issue had been brought out in early Oct., it would still be fresh in their heads in November. Now, it will be a boring topic and soon forgotten by those who understood it in the first place.
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Plus - POTUS has now turned Romney into the guy that wants to raise taxes on the middle class to pay
Pirate Smile
Aug 2012
#7
I might have bought the Rove trap, were it only Reid saying his source had high credibility. But
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#27
I don't know how Huntsman would be in a position to know, though. But I agree that
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#40
The better strategy would have been to hold off on the income tax return strategy until Oct.
jerseyjack
Aug 2012
#12
Yeah, but there is definitely 'some thing($)' in there that's not going to go well for willaRd...
Amonester
Aug 2012
#15
I wonder all of the time how many of the people who work in the IRS have seen his taxes?
left on green only
Aug 2012
#52
Interesting is your thinking that Romney would drop out over this....
left on green only
Aug 2012
#59
Nah, I disagree. The time to brand your opponent - in this case, as a shifty-eyed crook - is
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#28
I agree. Get the branding done and repeat it over and over again so it is really, really
CTyankee
Aug 2012
#31
Besides the other points brought up is that end of the campaign ad space in swing areas is basically
grantcart
Aug 2012
#33
"Why the devotion?" In non-combat positions at the Pentagon, it's BRIBERY that runs the revolving
patrice
Aug 2012
#32
Huckabee might also have given Obama a serious run for his money. He has
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#29
Meanwhile, more & more people are thinking, "FOREIGN accounts? WTF??? W - H - Y????"
patrice
Aug 2012
#30