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AdamCarlis-FirstPaper 22 - 25 Feb 2008 - Main.AmandaHungerford
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| | | The RNC recently released talking points for the general election. The Republicans plan to pick up where Clinton left off, hammering Obama on experience and questioning his readiness to serve as commander and chief. While these claims didn’t slow Obama down in the primary, McCain? has more “experience” than Clinton and, after another nine months of raising the issue, it is possible that enough traction will be generated to make a dent in Obama’s popularity. | |
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> | Racism Will Hurt Obama's Ability to Fight Back Effectively | | | The best politicians are able to reshape voters’ reality. Carl Rove convinced half the American people that there was a pre-war connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda. Saxby Chambliss convinced voters that Max Cleland, a triple amputee and decorated veteran was unpatriotic. All the skilled politician needs is a willing public, a little bit of truth, and a readiness to put political goals above common decency. | | | Barriers to Overcoming the Criticism | |
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- Obama and Lincoln had v. similar political experience. But what about other kinds of experience? I know very little about Lincoln's biography, other than that he, too, was a lawyer. But did he have any kind of "experience" that Obama didn't?
- What about the fact that Lincoln and Obama come from very different times? Is experience more important now than then? Is a different kind of experience now than then? - Amanda
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- Voters are willing to look past inexperience (Bush)
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- But isn't part of the problem that people felt burned by Bush, and are now looking for someone with a little more experience (or intelligence, or something)? -Amanda
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- Obama’s Age
- Voters are willing to look past youth (Kennedy, Clinton)
- With McCain? as a too-old foil, youth might be an asset
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> | - I think this might be moving in a better direction than your last paper. I think part of the danger with your topic is making it seem as if candidates are conspiring to put forth a racist argument. Obviously that's not only an inelegant summary of your point, but, well, not a summary of your point, since you make clear that you don't think any of this is (probably) some sort of evil master plan to play the race card. In any case, what I'm trying to say is that I think your paper rests on safer ground when it looks at what the voters are hearing, not what the candidates are trying to make the voters hear. Do other people agree? | | | | |
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> | Also, interesting sidenote: Clinton's "ready on day one" spiel? Allegedly stolen from McCain? 's website. -Amanda | | |
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