Another blurb from Dick Morris, the same guy who dished Romney and
helped torpedo his campaign. Again, like 1976 (Ford instead of Reagan)
the Republicans have nominated the wrong candidate. Does anyone
question how Romney would have handled the debate last Friday and won
decisively? He would have hammered Obama on the economy and stood
strong on national defense. Romney, like Obama, is tall and handsome
and looks very presidential so charisma and good looks would not be a
factor as it is now with McCain and Obama. Romney won most of the
primary debates by being very aggressive. Focus groups made up of
independents said after Friday's debate that McCain was not passionate
enough, his voice is too soft, etc. etc. Contrast that with what they
would be saying about Romney. With the campaign now until November all
about the economy, which I predicted it would be back in January, the
republicans have lost their voice in this campaign and probably the
election. I lay the blame for this on the radical closed minded
evangelicals who starting in Iowa rejected Romney because he is Mormon.
They made the bed now they can sleep in it and reap the consequences!
What say you Dick? Do you ever admit that you made a mistake?
-Garth
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Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 4:24 PM
To: Limburg, Garth
Subject: MCCAIN NEEDS TO GET HIS CAMPAIGN BACK ON TRACK
MCCAIN NEEDS TO GET HIS CAMPAIGN BACK ON TRACK
By DICK MORRIS
Published on DickMorris.com
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John McCain isn't dead in the water. But he sure is dying. He lost the
debate and the polls are dismal. Gallup has him down 50-42. Rasmussen
has Obama ahead 50-44. And both polls are only partially after the
debate. Obama won the debate. When the polls come in fully after the
debate, the picture won't get any prettier for those of us who favor
McCain.
The REAL "skeletons" in Obama's closet!
<http://rs1.netatlantic.com/t/113915/7907599/1958/0/?u=aHR0cHM6Ly9tZW1iZ
XJzLmh1bWFuZXZlbnRzb25saW5lLmNvbS9vcmRlci5waHA%2fb2ZmZXI9MTMwNA%3d%3d&x=
58d93ac1> His gambit of suspending his campaign and going to
Washington has failed because he did not think it through adequately or
correlate it with what was happening in Congress. The Republicans teed
up a perfect shot for him. He took the bat but went back to the dugout
without even swinging. McCain should have gone into the debate
challenging Obama on his $700 billion taxpayer bailout of financial
institutions. He should have pushed the Republican alternative. He
could have said, plain and simple, that Obama wants to make Americans
pay for $700 billion in bad mortgages and McCain wants to make
businesses pay for their own bailout through loans and insurance
premiums. It would have been a straight shot. But McCain copped out
and mumbled something about the deal being the "end of the beginning"
and said he hoped to vote for the bailout. It was a failure that may
have cost him his best shot at the presidency.
But not his only shot. McCain can still win.
He needs to deploy the tax issue. His campaign has to stop the
scattershot web ads and focus instead on a sustained attack on Obama's
plans for tax increases. Stop the pinpricks and go for the jugular. It
is only through the tax issue that McCain can win this campaign.
Voters understand that our economy is vulnerable and teetering on the
brink of a black hole. McCain needs to capitalize on this new sense of
vulnerability and hammer away at the Obama tax proposals. He needs to
say that our system is starving for capital. Raising capital gains
taxes, much less doubling it as Obama proposed during the primaries (but
now is trying to backtrack), is like taxing water in the desert. McCain
has to talk about Obama's spending proposals and mock the idea that he
can spend a trillion and still give "95% of Americans" a tax increase.
McCain should take a page out of the playbook of the endgame of the Bush
1992 campaign. With Bill Clinton holding a solid lead, Bush was
reluctant to attack him for his record of tax increases, especially
given his violation of his 1988 "read my lips" pledge not to raise
taxes. So the campaign sent Vice President Dan Quayle out to attack
Clinton, day after day, for raising taxes. And the results were clear
in the polls. Bush gained each day and, four days before Election Day,
Bush took a lead over Clinton in the tracking polls. Clinton was saved
by the announcement by Iran Contra Special Prosecutor Lawrence Walsh
that he was planning to indict Cap Weinberger, Bush's Defense Secretary.
Clinton surged ahead and won the election. But the tax issue had
almost reversed his lead in the polls.
If McCain pounds away at taxes, taxes, taxes he can still win this
election. By tying the Obama tax plans to the possibility of massive
depression, he can pull this out.
Remember: Whenever we raised taxes amidst a downturn, we triggered a
massive falloff. It was the tax increases of the early 30s that
worsened the Great Depression and it was Bush's 1990 tax increase that
created the 1991 recession that cost him his job. America understands
that we can't raise taxes now. American grasps that Obama will not just
raise taxes on a handful of rich people but will raise them on
everybody. And we understand that Obama has no real answer to this
charge. McCain just needs to begin to make this central attack his
campaign theme from now on.
The REAL "skeletons" in Obama's closet!
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dick Morris Reports [mailto:subscribers@dickmorris.com]
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 4:24 PM
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Subject: MCCAIN NEEDS TO GET HIS CAMPAIGN BACK ON TRACK
MCCAIN NEEDS TO GET HIS CAMPAIGN BACK ON TRACK
By DICK MORRIS
Published on DickMorris.com
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WNrbW9ycmlzLmNvbS8%3d&x=03dde41d> on September 29, 2008
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John McCain isn't dead in the water. But he sure is dying. He lost the
debate and the polls are dismal. Gallup has him down 50-42. Rasmussen
has Obama ahead 50-44. And both polls are only partially after the
debate. Obama won the debate. When the polls come in fully after the
debate, the picture won't get any prettier for those of us who favor
McCain.
The REAL "skeletons" in Obama's closet!
<http://rs1.netatlantic.com/t/113915/7907599/1958/0/?u=aHR0cHM6Ly9tZW1iZ
XJzLmh1bWFuZXZlbnRzb25saW5lLmNvbS9vcmRlci5waHA%2fb2ZmZXI9MTMwNA%3d%3d&x=
58d93ac1> His gambit of suspending his campaign and going to
Washington has failed because he did not think it through adequately or
correlate it with what was happening in Congress. The Republicans teed
up a perfect shot for him. He took the bat but went back to the dugout
without even swinging. McCain should have gone into the debate
challenging Obama on his $700 billion taxpayer bailout of financial
institutions. He should have pushed the Republican alternative. He
could have said, plain and simple, that Obama wants to make Americans
pay for $700 billion in bad mortgages and McCain wants to make
businesses pay for their own bailout through loans and insurance
premiums. It would have been a straight shot. But McCain copped out
and mumbled something about the deal being the "end of the beginning"
and said he hoped to vote for the bailout. It was a failure that may
have cost him his best shot at the presidency.
But not his only shot. McCain can still win.
He needs to deploy the tax issue. His campaign has to stop the
scattershot web ads and focus instead on a sustained attack on Obama's
plans for tax increases. Stop the pinpricks and go for the jugular. It
is only through the tax issue that McCain can win this campaign.
Voters understand that our economy is vulnerable and teetering on the
brink of a black hole. McCain needs to capitalize on this new sense of
vulnerability and hammer away at the Obama tax proposals. He needs to
say that our system is starving for capital. Raising capital gains
taxes, much less doubling it as Obama proposed during the primaries (but
now is trying to backtrack), is like taxing water in the desert. McCain
has to talk about Obama's spending proposals and mock the idea that he
can spend a trillion and still give "95% of Americans" a tax increase.
McCain should take a page out of the playbook of the endgame of the Bush
1992 campaign. With Bill Clinton holding a solid lead, Bush was
reluctant to attack him for his record of tax increases, especially
given his violation of his 1988 "read my lips" pledge not to raise
taxes. So the campaign sent Vice President Dan Quayle out to attack
Clinton, day after day, for raising taxes. And the results were clear
in the polls. Bush gained each day and, four days before Election Day,
Bush took a lead over Clinton in the tracking polls. Clinton was saved
by the announcement by Iran Contra Special Prosecutor Lawrence Walsh
that he was planning to indict Cap Weinberger, Bush's Defense Secretary.
Clinton surged ahead and won the election. But the tax issue had
almost reversed his lead in the polls.
If McCain pounds away at taxes, taxes, taxes he can still win this
election. By tying the Obama tax plans to the possibility of massive
depression, he can pull this out.
Remember: Whenever we raised taxes amidst a downturn, we triggered a
massive falloff. It was the tax increases of the early 30s that
worsened the Great Depression and it was Bush's 1990 tax increase that
created the 1991 recession that cost him his job. America understands
that we can't raise taxes now. American grasps that Obama will not just
raise taxes on a handful of rich people but will raise them on
everybody. And we understand that Obama has no real answer to this
charge. McCain just needs to begin to make this central attack his
campaign theme from now on.
The REAL "skeletons" in Obama's closet!
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