tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4619629054181832315.post2289949067576766330..comments2023-10-17T06:12:08.745-04:00Comments on Dan Quayle's Potatoe: When even Fox News is calling you smooth, you know you're doing something right.Sidecarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10892698757228271909noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4619629054181832315.post-60031783227642409862008-10-19T20:54:00.000-04:002008-10-19T20:54:00.000-04:00Agreed. Negative, but policy-position attacks in ...Agreed. Negative, but policy-position attacks in code words and phrases (eg, "socialism" or "spreading the wealth") receive a tepid reception at best from typically voter, and serve more to energize the pundit class.<BR/><BR/>The heartland electorate watches "Deal or No Deal" and read "US Weekly." They want sensationalism and are influenced by it. That's why the robocalling is so damaging in Warm Apple Piehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969961718578034655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4619629054181832315.post-3496966106073432192008-10-19T20:43:00.000-04:002008-10-19T20:43:00.000-04:00You misunderstand the position of my post. It was...You misunderstand the position of my post. It was in fact Fox News - not me - that described him as swatting away McCain attacks as if they were so many gnats, almost sounding as if they were throwing in the towel over at the Central Unintelligence Agency.<BR/><BR/>And the barrage of hate generally HAS had an impact, you're right - just not the Socialism bit, as I mentioned. Nobody is Pat Batemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419648745977259149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4619629054181832315.post-30287094307008539032008-10-19T20:29:00.000-04:002008-10-19T20:29:00.000-04:00I think you are wrong and getting "cocky" as Obama...I think you are wrong and getting "cocky" as Obama warned against. This latest barrage of hate is having an effect with a ever-so-slight uptick in the polls for McCain. <BR/><BR/>You are in landslide mode, like Obama is crushing McCain by 20, 30 points. He's hardly outside the margin of error in some polls. In others, he's within it. Ohio is becoming almost a deadheat again, as is Florida.<Warm Apple Piehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969961718578034655noreply@blogger.com