Obama Will Lose Unless He Shifts the Narrative - James Carville and Stan Greenberg sound the alarm

[kpete]

Obama Will Lose Unless He Shifts the Narrative
James Carville and Stan Greenberg sound the alarm in a new Democracy Corps memo:

"What is clear from this fresh look at public consciousness on the economy is how difficult this period has been for both non-college-educated and college-educated voters - and how vulnerable the prevailing narratives articulated by national Democratic leaders are.[1] We will face an impossible headwind in November if we do not move to a new narrative, one that contextualizes the recovery but, more importantly, focuses on what we will do to make a better future for the middle class."

"It is elites who are creating a conventional wisdom that an incumbent president must run on his economic performance - and therefore must convince voters that things are moving in the right direction. They are wrong, and that will fail."

http://www.democracycorps.com/focus/2012/06/shifting-the-economic-narrative/

[PoliticAverse]

1. "It is elites who are creating a conventional wisdom that an incumbent president must run on his

economic performance".

The guy responsible for the it's "The economy, stupid", meme was James Carville: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_the_economy,_stupid

[EC]

2. I don't think that is what they meant.

I think they are saying that the elite repubs are creating the message for the dems and the dems shouldn't fall for it.

[Rambis]

3. I don't want to see a Romney presidency just to say look "we told you so"

He isn't competent enough to run this country. We already know he is not compassionate enough. Like Obama or not there really is no alternative. Call me an elitist whatever, this country is at critical mass and it is all due to failed republican policies. I will not serve you rich fookers!

[yurbud]

4. Dems have to figure out how to put some daylight between them and the guy who looks like the

guy who fired the person whose vote they want.

Democrats don't have enough daylight between them and the outsource, downsize, deregulate, union-breaking crowd.

[DailyGrind51]

5. Perhaps, if Carville had been as vocal from the get-go, instead of this Monday morning

quarterbacking, we might be experiencing a different status quo now? Carville has been conspicuous by his absence, unlike his RW spouse, who still makes the talkshow circuit.

[MannyGoldstein]

6. Bullshit

Obama has already articulated how he'll make tomorrow better. Austerity! A Grand Bargain!

All is well.