Fair is Fair by Geoff Garin
Just read this editorial by Geoff Garin called Fair is Fair.
Geoff is the new campaign strategist for Hillary Clinton's campaign. He eloquently and respectfully writes about the negative campaigning in this primary and the Clinton campaign's perspective. I hope you'll check it out. Here's an excerpt:
What's wrong with this picture? Our campaign runs a TV ad Monday saying that the presidency is the toughest job in the world and giving examples of challenges presidents have faced and challenges the next president will face -- including terrorism, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, mounting economic dislocation, and soaring gas prices. The ad makes no reference -- verbal, visual or otherwise -- to our opponent; it simply asks voters to think about who they believe is best able to stand the heat. And we are accused, by some in the media, of running a fear-mongering, negative ad.
The day before this ad went on the air, David Axelrod, Barack Obama's chief strategist, appeared with me on "Meet the Press." He was asked whether Hillary Clinton would bring "the changes necessary" to Washington, and his answer was "no." This was in keeping with the direct, personal character attacks that the Obama campaign has leveled against Clinton from the beginning of this race -- including mailings in Pennsylvania that describe her as "the master of a broken system."
Read the whole article here: here.
Comments
I am glad for Hillary that she has found a campaign strategist who comes across as more grounded and positive. Mark Penn was a disgrace to her campaign and I wish she had gotten rid of him long time ago - and of her own volition, rather than being forced to do it because of his Colombia FTA lobbying.
The issue with the TV add is that it can come across as fear mongering and it's something that people expects from the Repubs and not from a Democratic candidate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDap46WOCmA
I think Bill Clinton was correct when he said in the past:
"If one candidate is trying to scare you, and the other one's trying to get you to think; if one candidate is appealing to your fears, and the other one's appealing to your hopes; you better vote for the person who wants you to think and to hope."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZW0m2nWB_M
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April 25, 2008 03:26 PM