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Republicans Recite Dem Attack Lines — With Little Hope Of Success
For all the brainpower the parties put into prepping their talking points, you’d think an election as significant as this one would yield the most finely crafted political spin. Instead, on the key issues of the season, Republicans are picking up Democratic attack lines and hurling them back where they came from, word for word.
Democrats warn of GOP war against women. Mitt Romney, and the rest of the GOP, say the real aggressors in that war are President Obama and the Democrats. Democrats insist that Republicans want to end Medicare as we know it. Camp Romney says President Obama’s health care law will end Medicare as we know it. Democrats say House GOP budget fails the fundamental test of fairness. House GOP budget guru Paul Ryan fires back, “The President’s budget is not just a failure of math, but it also fails the fundamental test of fairness.”
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The question is whether these dust-kicking efforts successfully confuse the public about where the candidates stand on the issues, or whether they are merely an implicit admission that on the issues that have thus far dominated the cycle, Democrats have an enduring edge, and Republicans are scared.
“There’s a theory in political science that candidates should only talk about the issues that benefit them,” says John Sides, a political scientist at George Washington University. “Democrats tend to have a natural advantage on Medicare, among others. They ‘own’ these issues, in other words. Because of this, it may not work for the GOP to ‘trespass’ on these issues. They’re not playing to their strengths.”
Democrats warn of GOP war against women. Mitt Romney, and the rest of the GOP, say the real aggressors in that war are President Obama and the Democrats. Democrats insist that Republicans want to end Medicare as we know it. Camp Romney says President Obama’s health care law will end Medicare as we know it. Democrats say House GOP budget fails the fundamental test of fairness. House GOP budget guru Paul Ryan fires back, “The President’s budget is not just a failure of math, but it also fails the fundamental test of fairness.”
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The question is whether these dust-kicking efforts successfully confuse the public about where the candidates stand on the issues, or whether they are merely an implicit admission that on the issues that have thus far dominated the cycle, Democrats have an enduring edge, and Republicans are scared.
“There’s a theory in political science that candidates should only talk about the issues that benefit them,” says John Sides, a political scientist at George Washington University. “Democrats tend to have a natural advantage on Medicare, among others. They ‘own’ these issues, in other words. Because of this, it may not work for the GOP to ‘trespass’ on these issues. They’re not playing to their strengths.”
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GOP forever more the party of NOTHING. They will do and say anything to get elected. GOP represent the 1%, they want all the power and privilege but don't want to do any of the real work needed for the rest of us. "Who cares? I got mine."
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...that you could easily kick Mitt's ass. 
