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To: slacker711 who wrote (49157)	2/14/2008 10:01:03 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543056

If he runs on all this stuff, he very likely will manage to grab the title of "tax and spend" Democrat. If he wins, he gets a mandate....but it substantially raises the chances of him losing. I have no doubt there will be attempts to paint the election that way. Hard to say whether it will be successful. I doubt it, however, given McCain will be the nominee. Nor do I think promising to tackle healthcare, education, and infrastructure issues will cost him votes. If I were Obama, however, or in a position to make suggestions, my argument would be that they need to reframe the foreign policy debate; they've got the domestic debate locked up. They need to reframe the foreign policy issues as much more diplomatic and much less military; that negates one of McCain's perceived strengths. And, best of all, happens to be true.