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Can the Repubs win another cater-to-the-base election?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by SamFisher, Sep 4, 2008.

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Can the "increase-the-base" strategy work for the Repubs?

  1. Yeah it can work again

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  2. No its time has past

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  3. All your base are belong to us

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  1. SamFisher

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    Uh - there's a direct quote from Rove that says something like "I don't need to win the center, I'm just going to increase my base" - that is what the 2004 God, Guns & Gays strategy was.
     
    #21 SamFisher, Sep 4, 2008
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    I'm just saying I don't think he really increased his base because had they done that, the Repubs wouldn't have lost in 2006.
     
    #22 ROCKET RICH NYC, Sep 4, 2008
  3. SamFisher

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    The wisdom is that because he did it in 2004 is why they lost in 2006 - social conservative issues burn hot but quickly lose relevance (and actuallly divide the repubs in half, but that's another story).
     
    #23 SamFisher, Sep 4, 2008
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    Good point. I agree with you on that.
     
    #24 ROCKET RICH NYC, Sep 4, 2008
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    I'm surprised more people didn't vote "All your base belong to us."
     
    #25 JuanValdez, Sep 4, 2008
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    Rove wasn't running a campaign in 2006. He won by turning out the base - the GOP didn't do that in 2006. In 2008, the base was very unenthusiastic going into last week, but I believe they've made up quite a bit of ground since then. But the problem is that the base is fundamentally smaller now.
     
    #26 Major, Sep 4, 2008
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    Hilarious :D

    I'm gonna miss that guy.
     
    #27 Smokey, Sep 4, 2008
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    No we won't. :mad:
     
    #28 ROCKET RICH NYC, Sep 4, 2008
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    3) They were effective at suppressing the vote in the Dem strongholds of critical states.
     
    #29 rimrocker, Sep 4, 2008
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    Not this time. I think independents are going to vote in very large numbers simply because of what happened in 2004. They want their votes to count this time more than ever.
     
    #30 A_3PO, Sep 4, 2008
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    By the way, if you look at that elitist Obama, his entire net worth is somewhere between 4 and 15 times the cost of the outfit Cindy McCain was wearing:
     
    #31 rimrocker, Sep 4, 2008
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