UPDATED: Cracking Under the Weight of Bad Policies
WSJ: Democrats show strain of heated battles.
And they will show even more after a few weeks of “Town Hells”.
Also, a warning:
Communications experts say it would be a mistake to demonize the [town hall] protesters.
“The more intelligent alternative is to take the extensive network the Obama campaign developed and send all of those people to town halls,” said University of Pennsylvania political scientist Kathleen Hall Jamieson. “If this comes down to vocal individuals, the Obama campaign ought to be able to always outnumber their opponent. And if they’re not, then that’s a problem.”
How’s that throat-stepping working out, by the way?
UPDATE: Marc Ambinder: August Slaughter?
Where Democrats have President Obama, principles, and a new argument about consumer protections, Republicans have an enthusiastic, self-contained base that is ready to work to defeat Obama’s signature initiative. (On some level, this isn’t _really_ about health care: it’s about anxiety and anger at government, and at the Obama administration.)
Democrats have principles? (yuk,yuk) But seriously now, sounds like Obama’s overall agenda is simply out-messaging Obamacare.
I mean, if West L.A. denizens (notoriously liberal) don’t like the idea of Obamacare, then how can you expect to sell it to Middle America?
MORE: White House not worried. Sure. Everything’s going flawlessly after all…
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Coincidentally listening to: Led Zeppelin – Nobody’s Fault But Mine
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