Republicans strategist says Bush 'almost flailing'

[quaoar]

The Bush campaign is starting to come unglued.

This is an excerpt from a report in Friday's LA Times:

One senior Republican strategist not affiliated with the campaign said he began to think the Bush camp might be nervous when it launched a hard-edged ad that misquoted Kerry as describing terrorism as a “nuisance.”

“I would describe that as almost flailing,” the strategist said. “They went from having a very buttoned-up message where it was very defined, very provable, and it has consistently gotten more high-pitched, more shrill and less documentable. That to me is a very defensive position, as opposed to offensive.”

In addition to the president’s unusual appearance in the media section of Air Force One, senior Bush advisers who customarily do not return phone calls from reporters or make themselves available for interviews are now increasingly available.

In the last two weeks, campaign strategist Karl Rove has been making nearly daily visits to the media filing center during campaign stops, not just to serve up sunny assessments of the race but playing practical jokes on reporters.

[krkaufman]

1. What a transparent little d-bag Mr Rove is. Got link?

Got a link for the article?

[LVdem]

2. Its starting...

But remember, a wounded animal is a dangerous animal.

But isn't it fun to start to see them squirm?

I know I'm enjoying it.

Keep up the good work everyone...17 more days to VICTORY

[fujiyama]

11. HAHA

I'm against animal cruelty, but I can't admit but watching this one suffer.

Let's hope it will soon be put out of it's misery in a little more than two weeks.

[Ivote]

3. The Whitehouse Press Corps

should snub them and not cover anything they say

[Perky]

4. I'll lay you odds the the GOP Strategist is Ed Rollins

[NJCher]

6. don't think so

I heard Ed Rollins tonight and he wasn't saying anything along those lines. I think it's David Gergen. Sounds just like him.


Cher

[Atman]

10. David Gergen called the election for Kerry tonight

on Lou Dobb's show tonight. This doesn't sound like him, imho. But I rarely read him, only see his on-air stuff. I couldn't find this posted on the LAT web site yet, but who cares...I LOVE THE SOUND OF IT! We've worked hard for this!

[Lexingtonian]

5. almost?

That campaign has indeed gotten beaten back to its last line of defense. Sure, they can and have to be aggressive- but just look at all the arguments they've touted, poured big money and a lot of air time and effort into, and which are in failure (i.e. they don't work to persuade Undecideds but are bought by the True Believers).

They've only got the Bogeyman Liberal game left now. And dirty tricks to obstruct Democratic voters.

[yardwork]

7. The Republicans message was NEVER "very defined, very provable"

It's been a sack of stinking lies from day one and that is becoming increasingly obvious.

[gavodotcom]

13. 'Very provable' does not equal 'very truthful.' eom

[gumby]

8. A "Republican strategist" is worrying about

a "misquote?" That's funny. Republicans eat misquotes for breakfast, sip out-of-context for lunch and really chow down to dinner with the Big Lies.

[Pithy Cherub]

9. We have all been searching for

what it would take to move * from 'almost flailing' into the ACTUALLY failing column.

[Vincardog]

12. We have all been searching for

what it would take to move * from 'almost flailing' into the ACTUALLY failing column.

As the character is, such is the speech - Aristedes

[PerfectSage]

14. After Nov 2nd...

Karl Rove will get a job as a media spundit?/spindit?

I wonder if Bush/Cheney/Rove are getting desperate? Desperate enough to try Diebolding the election.

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. Did they actually think they could hold their little puppet together?

Did they actually believe that the majority of the American people would buy into this crap?

[txindy]

16. "Playing practical jokes on reporters?"

Like what? Kidnapping their families and boiling their pets until the reporters write everything Rove scripts for them? Yep, funny guy, that KKKarl. Guffaw. Wahoo.

;)

[quaoar]

17. Here's the link to the full article

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/2004/la-na-fear15oct15,1,1968408.story?coll=la-news-elect2004