Does trying to ‘win ugly’ really win?
A reader at Talking Points Memo | Another Take:
I think it’s a mistake to choose the meanest junkyard dog in this fight - the response of a party traumatized by its losses. George W. Bush didn’t beat Al Gore by slamming him in the debates, or by flinging opposition research in his teeth. He didn’t defeat John Kerry by relentlessly attacking him when they met on stage. Instead, he struck a pose of good-natured calm. It allowed him to seem a reasonable and ordinary fellow, and made Gore and Kerry look pedantic, arch, and overwrought.
Of course, Hillary isn’t worried about this just yet. For now, she’s looking to the Revenge Wing of the Democratic Party.
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