Reply #49: You and I are examples on how Obama and Edwards are different [View All]

[Cant trust em]

Barack Obama's strategy in winning over moderates and independents is to throw them a bone by agreeing with them on something fairly innocuous, gaining their trust and then moving the debate over to his side. He disarms them by making himself not so much of a partian hack and then gets them to agree. It's a tactic I use all the time with people I meet at bars or parties who are usually to the right of me.

John Edwards, who I really like, usually takes the method of putting his ideas right up in the other person's face and confronting them. This is great on DU where most people already agree with him, but it's not great for convincing someone that you're right. This usually makes people put up a wall because they perceive a bias.

Start in the middle and move to the left. By the time I'm done they get where I'm coming from.