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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Morning Plum: If you vote out Obama, it will make you feel better
The Morning Plum: If you vote out Obama, it will make you feel better
By Greg Sargent
Todays monthly jobs numbers were significantly worse than expected:
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In this context, take a look at the new ad that was released this morning by Mitt Romneys campaign. It is perhaps the clearest sign yet of how Team Romney views this race:
The ad claims Romney will focus on the economy, the deficit, energy and trade with China, before adding:
This may be the most explicit version weve seen of the Romney camps intended message: if youre angry or frustrated by your current circumstances, or about how things are going, vote the guy in charge out, and it will make you feel better. The game plan: to get swing voters to cast their vote almost entirely as an expression of frustration and disillusionment with the economic status quo, and by extension with Obama himself, without thinking too hard about the true nature of the alternative Romney is offering.
Or, as Steve Kornacki put it recently: If you dont think the economys in good shape, dont ask questions just vote the guy in charge out.
With jobs numbers like todays, it just may work.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/the-morning-plum-if-you-vote-out-obama-it-will-make-you-feel-better/2012/06/01/gJQA1svh6U_blog.html
By Greg Sargent
Todays monthly jobs numbers were significantly worse than expected:
<...>
In this context, take a look at the new ad that was released this morning by Mitt Romneys campaign. It is perhaps the clearest sign yet of how Team Romney views this race:
The ad claims Romney will focus on the economy, the deficit, energy and trade with China, before adding:
But theres something more than legislation or new policy. Its the feeling well have that our countrys back, back on the right track. Thats what will be different about a Romney presidency.
This may be the most explicit version weve seen of the Romney camps intended message: if youre angry or frustrated by your current circumstances, or about how things are going, vote the guy in charge out, and it will make you feel better. The game plan: to get swing voters to cast their vote almost entirely as an expression of frustration and disillusionment with the economic status quo, and by extension with Obama himself, without thinking too hard about the true nature of the alternative Romney is offering.
Or, as Steve Kornacki put it recently: If you dont think the economys in good shape, dont ask questions just vote the guy in charge out.
With jobs numbers like todays, it just may work.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/the-morning-plum-if-you-vote-out-obama-it-will-make-you-feel-better/2012/06/01/gJQA1svh6U_blog.html
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The Morning Plum: If you vote out Obama, it will make you feel better (Original Post)
ProSense
Jun 2012
OP
FSogol
(45,562 posts)1. The GOP's position has always been, "Don't Think."
rocktivity
(44,581 posts)2. "The only 'change' I'm offering is my skin color.
Last edited Sun Jun 3, 2012, 01:16 AM - Edit history (4)
But you'll feel better with me as president because it won't be a black guy who will be ignoring your needs!"http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1024&pid=1756
rocktivity
nobodyspecial
(2,286 posts)3. Word choice here is no accident
"Its the feeling well have that our countrys back," = we'll have our country back
onehandle
(51,122 posts)4. ...to be white. nt
Imajika
(4,072 posts)5. The Romney campaign has released several clever spots...
This is another one that is probably fairly effective.
One thing for sure, Willard is going to be a tougher opponent than McCain.
As Sargent says, "with jobs numbers like today's, they just might work".
LiberalFighter
(51,181 posts)6. With that picture of Rmoney
it should be easy to transform him into some even more freakish monster out to destroy America.