Comments on: EXPLOITING TAXPAYER RAGE NOT THE WAY BACK FOR GOP

By: MLoger

MLoger — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:38:28 +0000

Fairness “Red Herring” Doctrine…

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By: TMLutas

TMLutas — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:13:03 +0000

How about something positive. Ronald Reagan never did get much traction with the huge problem of paring back the regulatory state but going for this is a positive approach that would unite the nostalgics (Reagan’s unfulfilled agenda!) as well as the small government types (it’s about directly shrinking government after all) and shouldn’t offend sane Democrats (who really supports regulations that do more harm than good?) and thus could be a bipartisan initiative that would embarrass Pelosi and Reid.

The key is that identifying the bad regulations is a huge information processing problem. When Reagan was President the processing power needed to track and attack the worst of the worst was big and expensive. Today we still have a tools problem but it’s one of compiling the data in a standard format and parsing it out for analysis so that we can go pick off the high impact ones. This is doable.

By: mannning

mannning — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:50:46 +0000

By the end of this year, I expect that most Conservatives, those that are above the adulation of Obama, will be in full and highly vocal revolt against the Obama Administration, and will turn on their rath here on the web as well as in every media that will publish the rants. This Administration will by then have earned the people’s rath twice over, I believe. The Honeymoon will be over and done with.

Every hint of creeping or galloping socialism will be castigated, and every decision that moves us in some other liberal spend, spend, spend direction will be challenged thoroughly, competently, and I hope without foul language from our side. Let us make it unlike the last 8 years of dirty-mouthed and hypocritical Liberal rants and lies.

Does anyone think that we should be giving a billion dollars to Hamas?

Perhaps the trigger indicator will be Obama’s slide in the polls to under 50%. Watch for it!

By: mannning

mannning — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:28:14 +0000

Too many of his Congressional supporters live from pork, and will defend having pork to the death.

By: mannning

mannning — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:26:43 +0000

The $400 billion funding bill is coming up this week, if I heard correctly. It has by count 9,000 pork line items in it. Obama is not going to try to fix it. Surprised?

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Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:02:43 +0000

[...] ain’t the way, Bro: I have said this before, I’ll say it again, Rick Moran: Taxpayer anger is already out there. Any winning strategy on either side… Democrats or [...]

By: Eric Florack

Eric Florack — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:47:53 +0000

Bipartisanship =

Conservative Captiulation to the liberal establishment.

By: bsjones

bsjones — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:26:16 +0000

Eric Florack,

According to some recent polls, it seems the Republicans are already on the run.

Here’s the poll (it’s a pdf linked on the page):
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/does-bipartisanship-matter/

Never fear. joe the plumber is here.

By: Eric Florack

Eric Florack — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:02:12 +0000

And should we note, Rick, that your ad block contains “American Tea Party” ads? (Chuckle) I know, I know… just sorta struck me as funny is all.

By: Eric Florack

Eric Florack — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:00:59 +0000

I would point to what I would consider mistake in the judgement of history; the last populist in our lifetimes that had any degree of success would ahve been that ittle fireplug from Texas, Ross Perot.

That point aside, I suggest that the anger is out there. Any winning strategy is going to have to include dealing with if effectively. There’s two ways Republicans can be in front of this crowd… leading it as a parade, or running from the angry mob they’re becoming. I warn you, the latter option is not a winning strategy.