How to run a winning campaign strategy straight from a hollywood movie. And who said that Bob Casey wasn't a liberal? "You know the name". Whether it's
ducking debates with Chuck Pennachio and Alan Sandals in the primaries after telling Michael Smerconish that he was going to debate his primary opponents(although he didn't name them by name) or his
ducking debates with Santorum who is calling him out.
Welcome to the terradome...
Over at the Santorum blob(I know I need to wash myself in tomato soup... I feel disgusting) they post things like this I smell an ad campaign...Bob Casey... almost as liberal as Barbara Boxer. Bob Casey... liberal enough for other liberals."
But hey "You know the name"...
The most recent Quinnipiac poll reveals that 22% of voters will not vote due to Casey's stance on abortion. But Republicans don't recognize these weaknesses so we'll just blame progressives and those that simply know that Casey is a terrible campaigner(Rendell says so), an uninspiring speaker, and all around drab person.
But hey "You know the name"...
It did us alot of good in 2004 when voters put forth a candidate they thought could get elected as opposed to someone who could contrast themselves from their opponent. A campaign based on Anbody but Santorum won't work. We complain about Dems that don't fight and yet Kos backs a Dem that won't fight. We complain about the dc establishment and consultant culture and yet Kos backs the dc establishment and consultant candidate. We complain about running 1990's campaigns in 2006 but Kos backs a campaign stuck in the past.
But hey "You know the name"...
I'm from Philadelphia. I have to live with an outsiders choice pushed by DC elites. I am leaning towards Pennachio and looking at Sandals. I will vote for Casey should he take on Santorum in the general election. But he will not get my support prior. I will not donate money nor will I camapign for him. Let Pennsylvania Democrats decide who their nomination for the US senate is.
Because a campaign based on "You know the name" only works in Eddie Murphy movies. So I got some advice for all the Casey supporters here at the Kos and for the Casey campaign. Vans with bullhorns, lots of pictures of Bob Casey particulary with his dead father(our former governor), no debates, adopt this slogan: "You know the name", buy the domain name, and never articulate your vision or principles.
These are the things we kossacks look for in our candidates, George W Bush clones. I don't want to spend the next four years for the next senate race in PA saying I told you so. I hope I'm wrong. But how can win with the same losing philosphy.