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Coyotl

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7. They know exactly how much to lower expectations

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2012, 10:24 AM

Sep 2012

and they know even that is unachievable

Seriously, Bush played the lowered expectations game with incredible finesse. It is all about working on the center demographic of undecided voters who are not even paying attention now and who can easily fall for the rubric, "this guy is making a startling comeback"

even if he just climbed to the sidewalk from the gutter

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Pic Of The Moment: Romney Says His Campaign Will "Come Into Focus" After Debates [View all] EarlG Sep 2012 OP

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They know exactly how much to lower expectations Coyotl Sep 2012 #7

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good luck kardonb Sep 2012 #28

Hilarious! Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #8

That means he is going to try to use the debates as the focal point of the election andym Sep 2012 #9

That's good, but Obama doesn't need a writer for his responses. madashelltoo Sep 2012 #13

Should go about as well as his "picking Ryan" and "RNC" focal points. nt Greg K Sep 2012 #19

I think that "there you go again" might BlueMTexpat Sep 2012 #20

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