scheming daemons
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:54 PM
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The lesson here, as Dr. Dean always used to say, is run QUALITY candidates |
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We didn't.
Actually, the Repukes didn't either. But their voters are lockstep mouth-breathers who would vote for a carcas with and "R" next to it.
But Democrats need quality candidates. Martha wasn't one.
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:56 PM
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1. I think she was a quality candidate on paper. But her campaign was anything but quality. |
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:58 PM
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3. The campaign is 60% of any election. |
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How else could Bush have won an election.
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:58 PM
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2. The Democrats in Massachusetts had a choice in the primaries |
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They chose Coakley. Howard Dean would like you to think there is some big control conspiracy out of Washington. But the Democratic Party in Massachusetts decided who would run. Just like they chose Shannon O'Brien to run against Mitt Romney and lost. Because she was b.o.r.i.n.g.
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:59 PM
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4. the Republicans successfully manage their puppets. Top, down. The feed Mediawhores talking points |
KILL THE WISE ONE
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:01 PM
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5. she did not even campaign for most of the last month |
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she deserved to loose. but now we pay the price.
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:02 PM
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6. Lesson Number 2: don't take the electorate for granted (n/y) |
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