"Snowe buries McConnell" That should be just one of the phrases rolling across the news tickers and being generated by the Democrats and all who are in favor of serious health care reform.
Why can't the D's have a wordsmith like the R's do?
"Snowe buries McConnell" would be just one of the many lines being promoted by the D’s if we had a Frank Luntz.
It is amazing and disappointing that the D’s don’t seem to understand modern politics and the well demonstrated need to have effective talking points and lines, phrases, etc., ready to flood the airwaves if we are to ever seriously compete with the R’s.
For those few out there who do not know Frank Luntz, see his listing on Wikipedia that includes the following:
Frank I. Luntz (born February 23, 1962) is an American Republican political consultant and pollster.[1] His most recent work has been with the Fox News Channel running focus groups after presidential debates. Luntz' specialty is "testing language and finding words that will help his clients sell their product or turn public opinion on an issue or a candidate."[2] He is also an author of business books dealing with communication strategies and public opinion. Luntz' current company, The Word Doctors, specializes in message creation and image management for commercial and political clients.
Today we have Olympia Snowe "gut shooting", we say in Palin Land, the Republican Senators who have dominated the airwaves in attacking real health care reform and dared the Republican Senators to cross them.
So here is Senator Snowe, a person with a perfectly sound personal history and a reputation for careful and knowledgeable preparation for her statements and votes sticking her thumb in McConnell's eye.
Why do the Olberman’s and other liberal commentators almost make fun of Snowe in their odd coverage of Senator Snowe? She should be the hero of all who are in favor of health care reform. She made a mockery of McConnell and the rest of the Republican Senators. She looked Senator Hatch and the rest of the R windbags on the Baucus Committee in the eye and then stuck her thumb in their eyes in front of the whole country.
Unfortunately the Democrats and all those who want health care reform have totally missed a wonderful opportunity. Why are we afraid to do what Frank Luntz has taught us about how to use the language to manipulate voters as he has helped R’s beat D’s?
As one, I say Bravo to Senator Snowe and thanks for showing McConnell is powerless and a fraud who cannot, in fact, deliver a united Senate vote by Republican Senators.