Comments on: McCain’s Only Real Chance http://themoderatevoice.com/23600/mccains-only-real-chance/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 30 May 2012 07:46:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: davigoli http://themoderatevoice.com/23600/mccains-only-real-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-159631 davigoli Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:10:31 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/democracy/23600/mccains-only-real-chance/#comment-159631 Thing is, I doubt that will be effective at all. If that were true, if having a divided government were really that important, why didn't the GOP campaign to make Congress Democratic in 2002-2006?<br><br>This isn't 1984. Scaring people with the "big government liberal" boogyman just isn't going to cut it this year, when we need government intervention more than ever in this economy. Thing is, I doubt that will be effective at all. If that were true, if having a divided government were really that important, why didn't the GOP campaign to make Congress Democratic in 2002-2006?

This isn't 1984. Scaring people with the “big government liberal” boogyman just isn't going to cut it this year, when we need government intervention more than ever in this economy.

]]> By: elrod http://themoderatevoice.com/23600/mccains-only-real-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-159627 elrod Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:19:46 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/democracy/23600/mccains-only-real-chance/#comment-159627 I've believed that for a while. But there are two problems with this strategy:<br><br>A) Lots of Americans don't really think about who controls Congress right now. They just know that it's ineffective. It takes years to demonize Congressional leadership. Truman's "Do-Nothing Congress" line was an exception that Truman worked hard to push.<br><br>B) It sells the GOP Congressional campaign out. The GOP likes to think it can take back one of the houses. By admitting that McCain would have to keep a Democratic Congress in check, reporters could ask the RNC which members they plan to abandon. That gets embarrassing. I've believed that for a while. But there are two problems with this strategy:

A) Lots of Americans don't really think about who controls Congress right now. They just know that it's ineffective. It takes years to demonize Congressional leadership. Truman's “Do-Nothing Congress” line was an exception that Truman worked hard to push.

B) It sells the GOP Congressional campaign out. The GOP likes to think it can take back one of the houses. By admitting that McCain would have to keep a Democratic Congress in check, reporters could ask the RNC which members they plan to abandon. That gets embarrassing.

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