Comments on: Reverse Coattail Effect? http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/12/04/reverse-coattail-effect/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Quilly Mammoth http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/12/04/reverse-coattail-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-72032 Quilly Mammoth Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:53:57 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/12/04/reverse-coattail-effect/#comment-72032 Ms. Boyda was one I identified shortly after the last election as requiring Big Things from a Democrat controlled Congress. The biggest reason that Ms. Boyda won was that she appealed to voters who felt that former Rep. Ryun was a pawn of Big Business. In the mid-west, and some other places, moderate Democrats won because Rahm Emanuel skillfully...and I think accurately...portrayed the Republican controlled Congress as being a nest of greedy porkers unconcerned about what the common folk wanted. So now we _still_ have a nest of porkers unconcerned about what the common man wants. And if you look at the states passing laws like Oklahoma's 1804 one of those issues is border security; the other is that the common man is _not_ responsive to "Tax the Rich". Jacksonian America abhors taxes. To some degree Martian is right in that many of the most strident positions of the far right do not resonate. A good candiadte has to have them, but her main focus needs to be Good Governance and Security. Ms. Boyda was one I identified shortly after the last election as requiring Big Things from a Democrat controlled Congress. The biggest reason that Ms. Boyda won was that she appealed to voters who felt that former Rep. Ryun was a pawn of Big Business. In the mid-west, and some other places, moderate Democrats won because Rahm Emanuel skillfully…and I think accurately…portrayed the Republican controlled Congress as being a nest of greedy porkers unconcerned about what the common folk wanted.

So now we _still_ have a nest of porkers unconcerned about what the common man wants. And if you look at the states passing laws like Oklahoma’s 1804 one of those issues is border security; the other is that the common man is _not_ responsive to “Tax the Rich”. Jacksonian America abhors taxes.

To some degree Martian is right in that many of the most strident positions of the far right do not resonate. A good candiadte has to have them, but her main focus needs to be Good Governance and Security.

]]> By: martian http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/12/04/reverse-coattail-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-72029 martian Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:55:48 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/12/04/reverse-coattail-effect/#comment-72029 In those areas where Democrats are vulnerable in 2008, the Republican Party would do well to field moderate, middle of the road candidates. These are the candidates that can take back the votes of those "conservative Democrats" and "moderate Republicans" that Ms. Boyda appealed to in her election. This would at least give the Republican Party a chance to win back some of those seats from the Democrats. If the Republican Party fields far right candidates in those areas, they will lose again. In those areas where Democrats are vulnerable in 2008, the Republican Party would do well to field moderate, middle of the road candidates. These are the candidates that can take back the votes of those “conservative Democrats” and “moderate Republicans” that Ms. Boyda appealed to in her election. This would at least give the Republican Party a chance to win back some of those seats from the Democrats. If the Republican Party fields far right candidates in those areas, they will lose again.

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