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Strategists: GOP is peaking too early
Washington Times ^
| March 31, 2010
| Stephen Dinan
Posted on 03/31/2010 1:13:24 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Former President Bill Clinton's top political strategists, who had a front-row seat for the Republicans' 1994 electoral successes, said Wednesday that the GOP today is peaking too early and is unlikely to see a repeat performance this November.
Pollster Stan Greenberg said a "change election," as political scientists call major shifts in electoral preferences, already happened when Republican Scott Brown's surprise victory for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's Senate seat, and between then and November, Democrats will have gained back ground.
"When we look back on this, we're going to say Massachusetts is when 1994 happened," Mr. Greenberg said.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2010election; 2010electionbias; dnctalkingpoints; election2010; elections; gitmo; giveup; gop; greenberg; obamacare; strategy; theobameconomy
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Clinton rump swabs. Still, much work needs to be done to clean up the liberals mess and nonsense.
To: ConservativeStatement
GOP peaked when it ran Dole. Over time we have been bamboozled by the GOP.
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posted on
03/31/2010 1:15:01 PM PDT
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: ConservativeStatement
If this is the peak - if this is the best we can do - then we are in trouble.
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posted on
03/31/2010 1:15:04 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Former President Bill Clinton's top political strategists, who had a front-row seat for the Republicans' 1994 electoral successes, said Wednesday that the GOP today is peaking too early and is unlikely to see a repeat performance this NovemberDid the clairvoyant Mr. Greenberg take into account Obama's continued destruction of America?
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posted on
03/31/2010 1:15:51 PM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Izzy Dunne
We and GOP do not belong in the same sentence any longer.
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posted on
03/31/2010 1:15:53 PM PDT
by
gathersnomoss
(General George Patton had it right.)
To: ConservativeStatement
GOP today is peaking too early and is unlikely to see a repeat performance We're just getting warmed up.
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posted on
03/31/2010 1:16:02 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(0 = one D Ten T : Recycle Congress in 2010, 2012... Forward with Confidence! Forward!)
To: ConservativeStatement
Obama will continue pushing his agenda and that will keep the base fired up. IIRC there’s a special election in May for a congressional seat. We’ll see how that goes.
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posted on
03/31/2010 1:16:23 PM PDT
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: Izzy Dunne
LOL, you ain’t seen nuttin yet...
Peak, hell no. We haven’t even started yet.
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posted on
03/31/2010 1:16:26 PM PDT
by
Freddd
(CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
To: ConservativeStatement
NOt only Clinton holdovers but Obama deep moles, if
we don’t get them right off they will cause much trouble
later on.
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posted on
03/31/2010 1:16:33 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Only true if the GOP and Tea Party People don’t keep up the pressure and if Obama and Congress behave themselves (MOST UNLILKELY) between now and November.
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posted on
03/31/2010 1:16:39 PM PDT
by
ZULU
To: ConservativeStatement
Whistling past the graveyard.
To: K-oneTexas
GOP peaked when it ran Dole. It was Dole's turn.
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posted on
03/31/2010 1:17:03 PM PDT
by
TChris
("Hello", the politician lied.)
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: Izzy Dunne
During the Clinton years I learned not to get my hopes up too high.
Besides, I have little faith in most of the people that simply exist and occupy space in this country.
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posted on
03/31/2010 1:17:55 PM PDT
by
unkus
To: ConservativeStatement
Unless the economy improves in some substantive way between now and the November elections, the Dems are going to get creamed. It has NOTHING to do with the Republican peaking, or whatever other nonsense Mr. Greenburg is pouting. To borrow a phrase from his old boss, "It's the economy, stupid.
To: TChris
It was McCain’s turn.
Give me a break.
That has always (since Dole) been their rallying cry. It’s my turn! Like a bunch of children. Then they re-align and guide the primaries to get that result. All the while letting the people think they made the choice.
To the detriment of the people.
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posted on
03/31/2010 1:19:52 PM PDT
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: ConservativeStatement
We better hope not, if this is the case, the USA is officially a finished bastion of freedom.
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posted on
03/31/2010 1:20:12 PM PDT
by
dforest
To: ConservativeStatement
While people were upset when the Democrats used every trick in the book to “pass” socialized medicine in this country, the details of what we are all now FORCED to live under are only now coming to light.
And the more details that drip out, the more opposition to the legislation builds.
Who signed that bill again? Who wanted to pass it without voting on it? Who?
The public will remember this in the fall.
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posted on
03/31/2010 1:20:20 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
To: ConservativeStatement
This isn't near the peak. If the dems did nothing else and tried to lick their wounds maybe they could scratch their way back up a bit and this would be a peak....but the progressives are flush with power and there is no way they won't push more destructive bills down the throats of Americans.
So the bottom line is, democrats won't allow this to be the peak, they will create higher peaks for conservatives through their increasingly damaging and oppressive policies.
Next up, cap and tax & amnesty. do they think that's going over without America taking note?
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posted on
03/31/2010 1:20:35 PM PDT
by
highlander_UW
(Happiness doesn't come from owning something; it comes from being a part of something)
To: TChris
Damn, that was a disappointing campaign. When will the GOP ever learn?
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posted on
03/31/2010 1:20:39 PM PDT
by
OwenKellogg
(GOE 1, July 4, Sep 12, Nov 7, March 20 DC rallies -- Energy, Tax Cuts, Lift American Spirits)
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