tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494384.post116319055112040221..comments2024-03-04T04:09:01.839-06:00Comments on And Doctor Biobrain's Response Is...: Men or MushDoctor Biobrainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01641661532899934766noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494384.post-1163371313056797282006-11-12T16:41:00.000-06:002006-11-12T16:41:00.000-06:00Regarding Carville, I could be mistaken in this, b...Regarding Carville, I could be mistaken in this, but I thought he was part of the team that got Kerry back online after the Swiftboat attacks. That Kerry had been fairly lifeless in regards to getting back on the offensive until Carville was called in and brought things back. Sure, it may have been perhaps too late, but it probably helped.<BR/><BR/>And overall, I've seen Carville do quite a decent job of countering rightwing spin by putting the ball back in the GOP's court and staying on the offensive. So while I think he's pretty good regarding fighting, I suppose it's quite possible that he's taken up the wrong battle. But overall, if I were to have any Democrat working on my side (of the few I know of), I'd prefer it to be Carville.Doctor Biobrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641661532899934766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494384.post-1163297088322353382006-11-11T20:04:00.000-06:002006-11-11T20:04:00.000-06:00DB,1) Love the jar analogy. 2) Carville remains f...DB,<BR/><BR/>1) Love the jar analogy. <BR/><BR/>2) Carville remains feisty in his ability to stand up for his beliefs. Good for him. He also holds on to the triangulation approach which was at best, a way for Democrats to win in an era of Conservative dominance. We want a strategy to <B>end</B> conservative dominance, not eke out wins while prolonging it. As such, his is at best a well-meaning anachronism. If 2006 turns out as we hope to mark the end of conservative dominance, Carville will be completely useless unless he reinvents himself.<BR/><BR/>3) Dean's appraoch marginalizes all the beltway types. It won't get them all fired, even if Dean had his druthers there will be a need for a certain number of DNC paid centralized figures who coordinate national strategy and such. But Dean is paying for each State Dem Party to hire its own strategists and run their own campaigns at a state by state level. Sure, Carville and his type could get hired in such jobs, but no way they'll be as well paid as the national ones.<BR/><BR/>It's a question of economic (and ego) interests. Dean's strategy would have Democrats winning in places like Wyoming, and the credit will go to the Wyoming Democratic Party first, and Dean second and most of that will just be for funding them, and the rest will be for getting out of their way.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355077650707854680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494384.post-1163286561674292342006-11-11T17:09:00.000-06:002006-11-11T17:09:00.000-06:00Sorry good Doctor, but I've always thought that Ca...Sorry good Doctor, but I've always thought that Carville (while he had his moments in the 90s) is all accent and no cattle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com