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SoDesuKa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 12:24 AM
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17. Message Control
Republicans have used message control as a force multiplier. They all get the word, and they reinforce each other's statements. It's clean, but it has a downside, namely, that it depends on the quality of the message. If it's a bad message, they all go down as one.

The Ryan budget is a colossal mistake. Scholars will puzzle over that one for the next twenty years. How did such an unpopular proposal get out of committee? And why were the Republicans foolish enough to vote for it unanimously?

They are now in disarray, as the Democrats use the Ryan budget vote against Republicans in vulnerable districts. If they break ranks now, it's every man for himself. In other words, a rout. The Republicans need a new infrastructure. Karl Rove was over-rated, and now they're finding it out. It's fun to watch.
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  -Why Obama is Kicking Ass SoDesuKa  May-23-11 10:21 PM   #0 
  - Obama is a strategic genius. K&R. n/t  LoZoccolo   May-23-11 10:27 PM   #1 
  - I think he is too! I know sometimes I get frustrated, but Obama is  RKP5637   May-23-11 10:53 PM   #5 
  - K&R (nt)  Tarheel_Dem   May-23-11 10:36 PM   #2 
  - cornel west says...  dionysus   May-24-11 08:13 AM   #26 
     - Aw Jeez, dion, how 'bout some warning next time?  Tarheel_Dem   May-24-11 12:42 PM   #28 
     - dionysus! You madcap!  SDuderstadt   May-24-11 12:46 PM   #29 
  - He's also a very good speaker, had loads of charisma and a  juajen   May-23-11 10:38 PM   #3 
  - But you have to admit Obama has had help.......  Uben   May-23-11 10:44 PM   #4 
  - That's some lineup isn't it. A few of them you could take, but this  RKP5637   May-23-11 10:56 PM   #6 
  - And Bachmann and Brewer and Walker, etc. n/t  Tx4obama   May-23-11 11:13 PM   #8 
  - Seriously, though....what kind of person would champion Republican politics?  Old and In the Way   May-24-11 12:08 AM   #15 
     - Being Elected to Congress is a Big Career Boost  SoDesuKa   May-24-11 01:45 AM   #19 
  - Democrats may very well be "winning the current political chess games",  MadHound   May-23-11 11:00 PM   #7 
  - Yes!  mucifer   May-23-11 11:17 PM   #9 
  - Chess Game  SoDesuKa   May-24-11 12:41 AM   #18 
  - Again, this is fine and dandy when you are playing a game, chess or political,  MadHound   May-24-11 05:24 AM   #20 
  - Republicans had too much power for too long  PatSeg   May-24-11 08:26 AM   #27 
  - Annnnnd Here Comes The Rain!!!  Solomon   May-24-11 07:39 AM   #24 
     - What you call rain, I call reality  MadHound   May-24-11 04:46 PM   #32 
  - It is not a fucking game  Angry Dragon   May-23-11 11:19 PM   #10 
  - Check Out Post #66 In This Thread:  WillyT   May-23-11 11:23 PM   #11 
  - I went there  Angry Dragon   May-23-11 11:28 PM   #12 
     - Well... Let's Just Say I Thought One Had To Be At Least 18 To Vote...  WillyT   May-23-11 11:30 PM   #13 
  - Games Are Not Trivial  SoDesuKa   May-24-11 12:12 AM   #16 
  - They are losing ground in those states because of Republicans  MadMaddie   May-24-11 04:44 PM   #31 
  - You took the words out of my mouth.  Shagbark Hickory   May-24-11 04:46 PM   #33 
  - I disagree.  jaysunb   May-23-11 11:39 PM   #14 
  - Message Control  SoDesuKa   May-24-11 12:24 AM   #17 
     - They started believing their own lies..  Fumesucker   May-24-11 05:37 AM   #21 
        - Message Control Fails in the Wake of the Ryan Vote  SoDesuKa   May-24-11 06:03 AM   #22 
  - I don't get how the opposition doing what they have wanted for decades is a sign of strategic genius  TheKentuckian   May-24-11 06:55 AM   #23 
  - And I am due beer and travel money, and many experiences  RandomThoughts   May-24-11 07:40 AM   #25 
  - "vicious counter-attack" ... "nasty and partisan"... ?!?!?  ljm2002   May-24-11 01:05 PM   #30 
 

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