Hey Democratic strategists - I propose a "culture of corruption" message against the GOP in the general. Three simple claims:
1. McCain is a continuation of Bush - the foreign policy, Iraq, the tax cuts, etc.
2. That is a continuation of a corrupt GOP. Take a look at the NRCC's fraud at the very heart of the party.
3. Then take a look at the disasterous Oil for Food program that went completely south in 2001 to the tune of roughly $60B in kickbacks.
3 comments:
I believe McCain just said he would make leaving Iraq a priority. I just read a headline yesterday, not the whole story, so I missed the details.
Sen. McCain has pretty good cred as a reformer, and he's been willing to buck the majority of the Republican base on things like earmarks, lobbying, etc. I don't think that tarring him with the corruption brush would be all that effective.
The oil-for-food scandals are UN driven, and my understanding of them is that the appalling stuff got going under the Clinton's watch, so I think that this would backfire. I don't think that McCain can seriously be accused of being to soft on unpleasant regimes...
I think that if the Democrats want to win, they'll focus on economic issues. On foreign policy or national security, neither Sen. Clinton nor Sen. Obama are in McCain's league. On domestic politics, however, they can make an argument that they're the ones with the ideas. Whether or not that's actually correct is a separate matter, but at least they could make a solid case for it.
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