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Yes Plouffe is trying to spin at 70, but they were spinning at 50 too

Posted: September 8, 2010 by datechguy in elections, opinion/news, politics, tea parties
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Today on the Hill Obama partisan Plouffe is trying to set unrealistic expectations to give the left the chance to say: Republicans fell short.

White House senior adviser David Plouffe — Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign manager — said that a bevy of races were in play, from the national to local level.

“There are a lot of competitive races out there. There’s going to be at least 70 House races in play, about 15 competitive Senate races, a couple dozen tough gubernatorial races,” he said in a video to supporters of Organizing for America, the president’s political arm.

Plouffe painted a picture of a dire electoral landscape in which, if Democrats were to lose the majority of those races, their losses would be massive.

Plouffe is trying to scare the troops into action and paints the most dire picture you have ever seen. Glenn Reynolds (by who I first saw the story) asks if he is inflating. The answer is he THINKS he is. Certainly on the senate side 15 is unrealistic, but the dynamics are very different.

For example Ma-1 is not on a lot of people’s radar, but Sitting congressman John Olver has challenged Bill Gunn to 3 debates. Think about that a second. A sitting congressman with nearly two decades in the house has been reduced to challenging a political newcomer to debate him on the issues in MASSACHUSETTS. And the 1st district includes the Berkshires, I guess the ‘Bama redneck area is now extending to the mountains.

This is likely being repeated all over the country. Plouffe is trying to spin but once people believe they can win they work harder. Once people are convinced they can make a difference it gets them off their rears and into the fight.

Plouffe is trying to reset what a “win” is just as the media and democrats. He is instead creating a self fulfilling prophecy it’s isn’t just money candidates need but willing workers. This speech is going to provide workers for republican candidates all over.

Remember congressional democrats, you did this to yourself.

memeorandum thread here

Voices of the Candidates: Keith Lepor (R) for congress Ma09

Posted: September 3, 2010 by datechguy in congress, elections, politics, short films/interviews, special events
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Keith Lepor speaks to me at the Plymouth County GOP straw poll on 9/1/2010

His point about volunteers is very important. Other than money people willing to hold signs, write letters and knock on doors are the most important things that a campaign can have to win.

You can’t make lemonade out of sour lemons…

Posted: August 24, 2010 by datechguy in congress, elections, politics
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…as Byron York explains:

Say you’re a Democratic member of Congress. You proudly cast your vote for Obamacare, you cheered when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed it as the achievement of a generation and you scoffed at Republicans who vowed to repeal it. Now you’re running for re-election, and a voter asks: What is the most important thing you’ve done in the last two years?

The answer should be easy. In passing the national health care bill, you accomplished something your party dreamed of for decades. It was your most important vote, and now is the time to take credit for it.

Except it’s not.

What our democratic congressional friends fail to grasp, or didn’t bother to grasp or ignored when it was explained to at the time is the public overwhelming hated Obamacare when it was proposed, they hated it when it was negotiated, they hated it when it came up for a vote. In Massachusetts they hated it so much that they choose to send a relatively unknown republican to the senate on the promise of being the vote against Obamacare. When the deals were made it was hated and when it finally passed it was hated. And six months after it is passed it’s not only STILL hated but the fact that the public made their hatred very clear to congress and was ignored means that there is no easy way to explain it away.

Congress has forgotten that in reality they are temps with 2 and 6 year contracts. Any person who has been a temp knows that if you want to get your contract renewed it’s a bad idea to tell the people who make that decision to go to hell and hope they forget you said it in six months or so.

In 2008 the public made a critical mistake and got the government they deserved, in 2010 the congress made a critical mistake and they will shortly get the election they deserve.

Sure it’s legal but that’s only because it’s not against the law!

Posted: August 23, 2010 by datechguy in congress, media, politics, the courts
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I know there are times when I hit the publish button much too fast, or accidentally erase a word or two but this is the New York Times, they have you know editors?

But many of Mr. DeLay’s actions remain legal only because lawmakers have chosen not to criminalize them.

and just to show they are fair minded they point out that Nancy Pelosi is also not breaking the law in the very same way! Does that mean they want her to resign?

Hey once we start permitting actions just because they aren’t illegal where will it end? Apparently in Nicaragua.

All last week we heard about Blago, being “vindicated” after he was found guilty of a single charge out of over a dozen, There has been commentary hitting the prosecution for bringing such a poor case. We won’t hear the same complaints about what happened to Delay because as an effective republican he meets the “Just Because” standard.

Can someone please explain to me why these people have a writing job and I don’t?

Memeorandum thread here.

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