GOP Assumes HRC Loosing - Even after BIG PA win GOP still only Buying anti-BO Advertising

[truthpusher]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9964.html

GOP gives Clinton the silent treatment
By JONATHAN MARTIN

Republicans mostly act like Clinton doesn’t exist—an unusual turn of events considering her run of big-state victories.

Hillary Clinton’s decisive Pennsylvania primary win last week may have reinvigorated her campaign, but you wouldn’t know it from listening to the Republican party.

The National Republican Congressional Committee has purchased $500,000 in anti-Barack Obama ads for use in two upcoming special House elections. The Republican National Committee is flooding reporters with anti-Obama emails. Presumptive nominee John McCain and GOP surrogates have seized on new remarks by Obama’s controversial former pastor.

From top to bottom, from McCain down to the youthful campaign and party staffers who work nearly around the clock to get him elected, the working assumption seems to be that the Democratic contest is over and Obama has won.

Even when Clinton attacks McCain, President Bush or GOP policies, the response is either outright silence or snarky, dismissive ridicule about a failed campaign barely relevant enough to merit a response.

“With ads like that, it’s more likely the call at 3 a.m. is ‘Senator, you just lost another superdelegate,’” quipped McCain adviser Steve Schmidt earlier this month when Clinton aired a version of her “3 a.m.” ad attacking McCain on the economy.

In one revealing glimpse into Republican thinking, when McCain quickly hit back with an ad of his own parroting the genre, he incorporated Barack Obama’s name into the response and spent little money airing it.

[YEM]

1. LOL. ok.

Must mean Obama won then.

[tekisui]

2. They know who their opponent is going to be.

[mod mom]

3. SINGLE DIGIT WIN even w/o the provisionals counted yet.

[leftofcool]

4. They are getting ready for the GE win

[marshall]

7. Her lead was cut in half in the last month, she's sinking

PA is her base, and she played to their basest instincts. Her twenty something lead was slashed to a single digit. It's not surprising the opposition has started campaigning against the inevitable candidate. I just wish Obama would start ignoring Hillary too, and start working on his campaign against McCain. Refusing to do another debate was a good start.

[leftofcool]

9. I hate to tell ya but Obama is 3 pts behind McCain for the GE

Hillary is ahead of McCain by 10

[marshall]

12. Hillary isn't battling McCain, she's battling Obama

Maybe those numbers will help her when she runs for her Senate seat again.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. theirs is a fact based universe. When it suits them, I mean.

when they do spin, all bets are off. But when the organize to attack the strongest opponent, facts are facts.

[WillyToad]

8. Bizarre

You cannot have it both ways. 'Fact' when you percieve that it suits you, otherwise utter BS?

:rofl:

[Skwmom]

6. I think they are trying to help out their new BFF, Hillary Clinton by trying to

attack the argument that Obama would be best for down ticket Dems. Of course, this ignores the fact that Clinton would be toxic. The Snipergate footage is a gift that would keep on giving. McCain has the reputation of being honest. He would destroy the Clintons in a general election.

[powergirl]

10. Good article - All sides have their internal polls

and all sides know who the nominee will be. Sen. Clinton already gave the Republicans a jump start by her Rovian style campaign. Clinton can't catch up to Obama and everyone knows it. :bounce:

[TragedyandHope]

11. Yes, it's their two-pronged strategy

Fortunately, they are doomed to fail. Unfortunately, it sheds an uncomfortable light on what's going on within our own party.

[cali]

13. for the love of reason. Why can't DUers learn

that loose is not lose?

[klook]

15. Its just to hard

too remember. :evilgrin:

[Texas Hill Country]

14. no, they are using BO to hit people downticket cause its an easy target.

[backscatter712]

16. Sounds like they're abandoning Operation Chaos.

Hey Rush! You're probably not reading this - too busy with that Oxycontin, but some of your dittoheads are.

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