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In reply to the discussion: I'm sorry, Democrats are just horrible at framing issues. [View all]Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)35. As i said we just won
We did a decent job framing things but we didn't exactly have tough competition in Romney and his ilk. The problem is we have a problem with long term framing look at happened between 2008 and 2010 because we didn't continue selling these issues to the people as a whole instead we said things like well our policies speak for themselves and lived in a denial that anyone could see these things as bad.
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Too incendiary. "Fair Tax Rates for all" sounds more accurate and acceptable. nt
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#18
Better discipline than great message no doubt in my mind. Not that the messages are horrible...
uponit7771
Nov 2012
#28
Can we "frame issues" or not? Can we admit the Pubbies are really bad at framing issues?
bemildred
Nov 2012
#34
Yeah...it really back-fired on the President's reelection campaign, didn't it?....
OldDem2012
Nov 2012
#39