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To: Win Smith who wrote (85000)9/16/2008 9:16:30 PM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 541768
 
The simple definition is making political races all about personalities and demonizing your opponent to alienate him from independents and energize your own base into hating him more to encourage turnout. The rest is just the natural tactical consequences of that strategy.

The flip side is keeping the race off actual public policy issues as much as possible, and of course, distorting your demon opponent's record and positions as often as possible.