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Originally Posted by Just Lucky
To add to what I was saying last night the Republicans have been the masters the last few elections of in breaking things down into simple "this is where we stand" issues. Their marketing of their candidates has been very well thought out and focused.
The Democratic candidates have imo been poorly marketed. There has been far to much nuance and an "on the other hand" approach in speechs and debates.While I lament that campaigning has reached such a simplified approach, I think our candidates and our party need to accept the reality of it.
It is not only necessary that we define our candidates identity to voters but also we must take control of the issues under debate. It is I think a difficult task considering the power of talk radio and the 24 hour news networks which are certainly no friend deep and complex explanations of problems or solutions.
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I think this was especially true for Kerry's evasive, over-wrought non-answers to questions in the debates. Even hardcore Dems grew sick of him! That debating style encourages a public perception of the party as wishy-washy, or worse, outright deceptive.
But I actually think these candidates are getting better?