Difference between revisions of "2009-03-12 The White House Misfires on Limbaugh"
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<let name=data index=Author>Karl Rove</let> | <let name=data index=Author>Karl Rove</let> | ||
<let name=data index=Source>Wall Street Journal</let> | <let name=data index=Source>Wall Street Journal</let> | ||
| − | <let name=data index=Topics>\Limbaugh vs. Obama\Obama bipartisanship</let> | + | <let name=data index=Topics>\Limbaugh vs. Obama\Obama bipartisanship\Obama/conservative criticism</let> |
<let name=data index=URL>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123682426946303905.html</let> | <let name=data index=URL>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123682426946303905.html</let> | ||
<let name=data index=Title>The White House Misfires on Limbaugh </let> | <let name=data index=Title>The White House Misfires on Limbaugh </let> | ||
<let name=data index=TitlePlain>The White House Misfires on Limbaugh </let> | <let name=data index=TitlePlain>The White House Misfires on Limbaugh </let> | ||
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| + | <p>Presidents throughout history have kept lists of political foes. But the [[Obama administration|Obama White House]] is the first I am aware of to pick targets based on polls. Even [[Richard Nixon]] didn't focus-group his [[enemies list]].</p> | ||
| − | < | + | <p>Team Obama -- aided by Clintonistas [[Paul Begala]], [[James Carville]] and [[Stanley Greenberg]] -- decided to attack [[Rush Limbaugh]] after poring over opinion research. White House senior adviser [[David Axelrod]] explicitly authorized the assault. Chief of Staff [[Rahm Emanuel]] assigned a White House official to coordinate the push. And Press Secretary [[Robert Gibbs]] gleefully punched the launch button at his podium, suckering the White House press corps into dropping what they were doing to get Mr. Limbaugh.</p> |
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| − | + | <p>Was it smart politics and good policy? No. For one thing, it gave the lie to [[Barack Obama]]'s talk about ending "the political strategy that's been all about division" and "the score-keeping and the name-calling." The West Wing looked populated by petulant teenagers intent on taking down a popular rival. Such talk also shortens the president's honeymoon by making him look like a street-fighting Chicago pol instead of an inspirational, unifying figure. The upward spike in ratings for Rush and other conservative radio commentators shows how the White House's attempt at a smackdown instead energized the opposition.</p> | |
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| − | + | * [[2009-03-13 Karl Rove's funny numbers]] | |
| − | + | * [[/Woozle]]: Rove the spinmeister at work again... | |
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<let name=data index=TextShort>“With stock markets down, unemployment growing, banks tottering, consumers anxious, business leaders nervous, and the economy shrinking, the [[Obama administration]]'s attacks on a [[Rush Limbaugh|radio talk show host]] made it seem concerned with the trivial.” Now wait just a frickin' minute here...</let> | <let name=data index=TextShort>“With stock markets down, unemployment growing, banks tottering, consumers anxious, business leaders nervous, and the economy shrinking, the [[Obama administration]]'s attacks on a [[Rush Limbaugh|radio talk show host]] made it seem concerned with the trivial.” Now wait just a frickin' minute here...</let> | ||
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