How to win when you're a teabagger: Dont act like a teabagger!

[Clio the Leo]

everyone knows you have to do your teabagging on the DL ;)

TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2010
Perceptions of Brown

A Scott Brown victory tonight will certainly be huge for Republicans- but will it be big for conservatives?

In the sense that it could kill health care and other major Democratic initiatives of course. But in the sense that Republicans are best off nominating far right candidates who the party base is completely comfortable with not so much.

Consider this: 41% of Massachusetts voters either think that Brown is a liberal or moderate and with them he holds a 79-18 lead. 59% think he's a conservative and with them Martha Coakley has a 63-32 lead.

Brown is doing well with the voters who don't think he's a conservative and badly with the ones who think he is. That has interesting implications for the party moving forward this year- they're better off nominating candidates who don't come across as extremists or tea baggers. Whether the base will get the message that that's the path to victory remains to be seen.

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/01/perceptions-of-brown.html

And of course I realize the polls haven't closed yet ... but if Brown DOES win, I'll take my joy where I can get it.

1. the teabagger didn't win running a teabaggy campaign.... he ran as a moderate.

2. this perception issue is something that can easily be fixed by a more better-run Democratic campaign in the fall

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

1. Very true

[Hello_Kitty]

2. How the f*&K do 41% of voters think he's a moderate or liberal??? eom

[Clio the Leo]

3. He supports universal health care....

... as long as it was passed by a Republican and not currently supported by a Democrat...

"I believe that all Americans deserve health care coverage, but I am opposed to the health care legislation that is under consideration in Congress and will vote against it. It will raise taxes, increase government spending and lower the quality of care, especially for elders on Medicare. I support strengthening the existing private market system with policies that will drive down costs and make it easier for people to purchase affordable insurance. In Massachusetts, I support the 2006 healthcare law that was successful in expanding coverage, but I also recognize that the state must now turn its attention to controlling costs."

He's also supportive of immigrants and supports a woman's right to choose. He's not overtly opposed to gay marriage.

http://www.brownforussenate.com/issues

On the other hand, Martha thinks Curt Schilling played for the Yankees and that we've driven the Taliban out of Afghanistan.