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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:32 AM Original message |
Why do pundits feel that Dean will alienate swing voters? |
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gWbush is Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. Dean as a centrist |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. I think many pundits are enmeshed in Officialdom |
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CWebster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. And a good opinion |
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rogerashton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. What is being said has more to do with tone |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. Well I see many swing voters at the Meet-ups. |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. IMO the pundits who hawk on this point are ignorant of |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. This is what confuses me |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. The media keeps calling him a liberal. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. Pundits you say? |
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sfecap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
8. The pundits are invariably wrong... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. The Right Wing Pundits (which is mostly what's out there) are afraid of |
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CWebster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
10. Here is a clue |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Good point |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. It's the domestic partnership thing he supported as governor |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
13. Dean bugs me |
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SeattleRob (893 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 11:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Pundits |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. Dean is real and has obvious human weaknesses. |
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Racenut20 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
14. Because I am a swing voter |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. What exactly about him irritates you? |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
15. Swing voters do not want confrontation - just smiles and positive outlook |
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Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
16. The need to 'appeal' to swing voters is a myth... |
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uptohere (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. myth huh ? |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:46 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Actually, Gore did attract swing voters |
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uptohere (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 11:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. true he did, but not successfully |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. Umm. |
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uptohere (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 10:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Umm |
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Atlant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. Dean *WILL* alienate swing voters; they'll be alienated from *BUSH*! |
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ShimokitaJer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
18. I agree that Dean will appeal to the center |
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CWebster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:06 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Exceptionally well said |
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corporalclegg9 (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Excellent! |
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KaraokeKarlton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
20. I'm a swing voter and Dean is the only one I trust |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
22. He won't. He'll attract them in droves. Just look at the NH numbers. (NT) |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
24. Potomac Myopia |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:51 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. LOL! |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
29. Very simple - Iraq |
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ShimokitaJer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 10:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Bush is far more vulnerable on this than Dean |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 11:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Yes and no |
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LightTheMatch (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Actually, I had an idea for this... |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Bullshit. |
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chadm (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
35. Because the pundits are scare of anybody |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
36. Because |
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