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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/07/18/117704/commentary-keeping-some-voters.html
Posted on Mon, Jul. 18, 2011
Dennis Jett | Special to McClatchy Newspapers
last updated: July 15, 2011 01:37:13 PM
It should be clear to all but the most steadfast of reality deniers that the strategy of the Republican Party for the presidential election next year is to cause another recession and hope the voters blame President Obama.
If the economic outlook is even more dismal and they can pin that on the president, the Republican candidate will probably win. If the economy is improving, he or she will not.
Political wars are not won with a single point of attack, however, and there are other elements in the GOP’s strategy. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal by the man George W. Bush called “turd blossom” lays them out. That term is Texan for a flower that grows from a pile of cow dung and was the nickname given Karl Rove, Bush’s chief political strategist.
In his article, Rove predicted Obama will likely lose in 2012 and offered four reasons for that conclusion — the very weak economy, the dissatisfaction of key groups of voters, Obama’s unpopular policies and his bad strategic decisions.
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