Ace of Spades HQ: "It can never be about the policies. It can never be the public's rejection of liberal ideas. It's always about the candidate or the packaging--i.e., the 'messaging'--a communication problem. Ace has written about this several times. We saw it during the lead-up to the 2010 election and for sometime thereafter. It wasn't that the public disliked or misunderstood liberalism; it was that the GOP's packaging was superior. And that if Democrats could simply package, brand, and message their ideas better, then they would be an Instant Hit with the public.
The unstated flipside of the messaging argument is that the public is simply too ignorant to get it. Unstated by some, that is. James Taranto writes about the collapse of 'the Cult of Obama' and points out that some are lashing out at the American people for being unworthy of Obama. Taranto adds that there are still others who are experiencing moments of clarity. He mentions Drew Westen's op-ed in the New York Times yesterday wherein Westen acknowledged being 'bewitched' and 'enthralled' by the Obama candidacy. Westen didn't mention whether he thought Obama's pants were perfectly creased, though."
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