KnightWriter posted:A key difference is that most of the Democratic base would not agree. Most of the Republican base as it is today agrees with Limbaugh/Beck/Palin etc. Far more of the Republican base resembles the right wing fringe than the Democratic base resembles the left wing fringe.
Jabba-wocky posted:Also, she was being sarcastic.
Anita Dunn posted:The use of the phrase ‘favorite political philosophers’ was intended as irony, but clearly the effort fell flat.
Jabba-wocky posted:Anita Dunn posted:The use of the phrase ‘favorite political philosophers’ was intended as irony, but clearly the effort fell flat.
Lowbacca_1977 posted:Drac39 posted:Let Limbaugh and Palin speak all they like. Let them think this is a victory for them. The more they talk the more people will see them as the extremeists they are. Yeah, nothing brands people as extremists like winning elections.
Drac39 posted:Let Limbaugh and Palin speak all they like. Let them think this is a victory for them. The more they talk the more people will see them as the extremeists they are.
Jabba-wocky posted:Lowbacca, he's probably referring to the fact than less than one fifth of Americans self-identify as Republican anymore.
DarthLassic007 posted:Exit polls indicate in New Jersey that people were most concerned about corruption and high taxes. That doesn't bode well for Corzine. Also, it's still early, but if Republicans sweep in Virginia and New Jersey, and if Conservative Doug Hoffman wins in upstate New York, I bet moderate Democrats are going to look at this and maybe think twice about voting in favor of the healthcare bill.