Comments on: Deck Chair Rearrangement, Continued http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/07/03/deck-chair-rearrangement-continued/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Thad http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/07/03/deck-chair-rearrangement-continued/#comment-103419 Thad Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:38:28 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/07/03/deck-chair-rearrangement-continued/#comment-103419 Sean, Not going to argue with you on that; you're preaching to the choir here (and frankly I'm so disgusted with my own first-term Democratic Congressman, Harry Mitchell, that I'm planning on leaving the House section of my ballot blank come November). I'm just talking about what it takes to win elections, not what happens afterward. Sean,

Not going to argue with you on that; you’re preaching to the choir here (and frankly I’m so disgusted with my own first-term Democratic Congressman, Harry Mitchell, that I’m planning on leaving the House section of my ballot blank come November).

I’m just talking about what it takes to win elections, not what happens afterward.

]]> By: Sean D. Martin http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/07/03/deck-chair-rearrangement-continued/#comment-103396 Sean D. Martin Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:22:08 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/07/03/deck-chair-rearrangement-continued/#comment-103396 Thad: <i>trusting to the Rove team shows that he thinks this election’s going to be like 2004 instead of 2006</i> And what exactly did we get from the 2006 election? Oh, yeah. Democrats who cowtow to Lieberman because he might not be nice to them and utterly cave on FISA and withdrawal schedules because their too cowardly to grasp that the were elected by a clear majority to do just that. Thad: trusting to the Rove team shows that he thinks this election’s going to be like 2004 instead of 2006

And what exactly did we get from the 2006 election? Oh, yeah. Democrats who cowtow to Lieberman because he might not be nice to them and utterly cave on FISA and withdrawal schedules because their too cowardly to grasp that the were elected by a clear majority to do just that.

]]> By: Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/07/03/deck-chair-rearrangement-continued/#comment-103360 Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:43:24 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/07/03/deck-chair-rearrangement-continued/#comment-103360 Thad: McCain won by default. The base loved Huckabee but the money men hated him. No one liked Rudy once he started campaigning(I believe he only beat Ron Paul in one state). The base hated Romney(though the NRO crowd loved him for some reason). So that left McCain. It goes along with the normal Republican thinking. McCain was the next in line. It's the Bob Dole and Poppy Bush thing. Thad:
McCain won by default. The base loved Huckabee but the money men hated him. No one liked Rudy once he started campaigning(I believe he only beat Ron Paul in one state). The base hated Romney(though the NRO crowd loved him for some reason). So that left McCain. It goes along with the normal Republican thinking. McCain was the next in line. It’s the Bob Dole and Poppy Bush thing.

]]> By: midderpidge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/07/03/deck-chair-rearrangement-continued/#comment-103357 midderpidge Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:28:04 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/07/03/deck-chair-rearrangement-continued/#comment-103357 Virginia? What I learned looking at the McCain website is that California is in play. Virginia? What I learned looking at the McCain website is that California is in play.

]]> By: Thad http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/07/03/deck-chair-rearrangement-continued/#comment-103302 Thad Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:51:33 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/07/03/deck-chair-rearrangement-continued/#comment-103302 In fairness, his LAST shakeup took him from being the guy who had no shot at winning the nomination to...well, the guy who won the nomination. I think this shows a hell of a lot more sense than Gore, Kerry, or Clinton showed; they kept listening to the same bad advisors until it sunk their campaigns. (Gore still won, but if he had run a competent campaign, it wouldn't have been close enough to steal.) But yeah, the fact that McCain's playing defensively DOES bode badly for his campaign. Worse yet is who he's hiring -- trusting to the Rove team shows that he thinks this election's going to be like 2004 instead of 2006. In fairness, his LAST shakeup took him from being the guy who had no shot at winning the nomination to…well, the guy who won the nomination. I think this shows a hell of a lot more sense than Gore, Kerry, or Clinton showed; they kept listening to the same bad advisors until it sunk their campaigns. (Gore still won, but if he had run a competent campaign, it wouldn’t have been close enough to steal.)

But yeah, the fact that McCain’s playing defensively DOES bode badly for his campaign. Worse yet is who he’s hiring — trusting to the Rove team shows that he thinks this election’s going to be like 2004 instead of 2006.

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