Is Newt the only Republican who senses those pesky ‘ole winds ‘o change ‘a blowin’? Of course it all could be backdraft from his own hot air, but The Newtster has his pulse right on America, again, in his wicked-clever, backhanded way.
For instance, he’s running around TV Land wagging his finger in the faces of fellow Republicans, saying essentially that Repugs will not get McCain into the White House by trotting out that same ‘ole, same ‘ole Attwater Rovian-based Stupid White Southerners People Strategy.
That bellowing those two toxic words (Jeremiah Wright) will not only make the bellowee look like a lard-butt drooler, the whole Rev. Wright stuff simply doesn’t have the legs Republicans seem to imagine it has… in political advertising and in what passes for political analysis on Media Farms such as Fox News.
Tom Baxter in Southern Political Report today echoes a similar albeit Newt-Lite sentiment:
Coupled with Obama’s sweeping victory in the Democratic primary Tuesday in North Carolina, where the state GOP ran an ad linking him (Obama) to both leading Democratic candidates for governor, the Louisiana election last weekend suggests that Obama won’t be so toxic for down-ticket Democratic candidates in the South this fall. A better way to say that might be: no more toxic than the average Democratic presidential candidate is for the party’s candidates in Southern races.
Full story here. Other than The Newtster and a very few assorted other party operatives, Republicans aren’t exactly known for their cultural intuition. In these here times of mind-boggling connectivity, cultural intuitiveness applied to political strategy has never been more critical. (And given how portly Newt has become, he’d better lay-off the carbs and exercise more if he wants to keep firing on all his most relevant cylinders, but I diverge…)
Then again, November is a’ways away. Plenty of time for some fresh party mischief making, eh?!
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IndyInjun // May 9, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Debbie wrote:
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The demographics have changed in the district the GOP lost Saturday. Many Katrina evacuees settled in that area.
Karl Rove made that statement on Fox News. My family lives in Louisisana and has stated the same thing about many evacuees moving to that area and staying.
Well, the influx of Katrina folks might also have made the old-timers furious at Bush and the GOP.
The 06 wipe-out, the wave of GOP retirements and the record of interim elections mostly going Dem, are thunderclaps of doom.
For heavens sakes even Hastert’s and DeLay’s ‘safe ‘ seats turned over!
If gas keeps going up, Dem incumbents will be on the same rocket sled out of town, no matter who they are or what voting records are.
Scalise came up with a plan that the GOP candidates nationwide should pay close attention to:
“The 43-year-old Republican, Steve Scalise, had pinpointed today’s GOP vulnerabilities, and ran an anti-status-quo campaign. His focal point was wasteful spending, and he touted his legislation to reform Louisiana’s earmark process. Another hallmark was ethics reform and his fight against public corruption. He talked up competitive private health care, lower taxes and school choice.”
Debbie
You stated that immigration was your number one issue. In facts you were spewing hate at Huckabee for his position. And you made it clear you could not support anyone who was an open border candidate.
What happen here?
McCain to attend La Raza’s annual conference?
HOTAIR-An election-year pander aimed at shoring up the Latino vote by grudgingly patronizing Open Borders HQ? Why, no: As the boss reminds us, Maverick and the group that charmingly describes itself as “The Race” are old friends with plenty of allies and enemies in common. Can he outdo Obama’s mega-pander from last year? If Kos is right about Texas being in play, the sky’s the limit!
Go read Michelle’s post on this, as needless to say McCain’s feet will have to be held to the fire on this subject regularly to keep him from indulging his natural, jerky pro-amnesty tendencies.
http://controlcongress.com/uncategorized/mccain-to-attend-la-raza%e2%80%99s-annual-conference
BTW Obama is not any better. Yet you would rather talk abot Rev. Wright!
Debbie -
Yes, the GOP is gone full circle back to the pre-Perot days. Perot scared both parties into 8 years of fiscal responsibility culminating in debt actually being retired. This is what a capable candidate running on the financial situation can do.
The USA owes Perot a huge debt of gratitude.
NOW the debt has doubled under Bush and the fiscal conservatives, libertarians, constitutionalists, and independents look upon the GOP with nothing short of terror.
None of the candidates left has a CLUE about economics, congressmen of both parties are making monstrous errors, and both parties want to spend even MORE money that we must borrow or print out of thin air.
We are destroying America by even thinking about voting for these idiots.
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