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To: Dale Baker who wrote (90591)	10/18/2008 10:48:41 AM
From: biotech_bull	Respond to of 541759

Because if a Republican nominee gets blown out running on Rovian attack themes, will the next nominee try the same thing? Although I believe it is the economy & Palin that's killing McCain, it would be sweet to see Rovian tactics lose their currency. I also think McCain's big blunder was buying into these tactics thinking Bush won solely because of Rove's campaign. He'd have been much more competitive if he'd run a clean and safe campaign.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (90591)	10/18/2008 1:58:21 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541759

Because if a Republican nominee gets blown out running on Rovian attack themes, will the next nominee try the same thing? If the Obama team governs well (and here I emphasize the word "team," because he has made it clear to people who can hear him that that is his style), then the Republican Party will be forced to transform itself again. The Reaganites will be gone--finally. By Reaganites, I mean people who fundamentally don't believe in government. The people who think that Reagan's central message was "Guv'ment is the problem," and smaller government (except for defense and defending the sanctity of written contracts) and less taxes are always right, and the answer to every problem. If Obama fulfills the promise that I see in him, he will both articulate and model over the next 4 (or 8) years a model of governing well, which would create a Democratic constituency analogous to what FDR created in the 30s and 40s, and should last for a generation. It will force Republicans to come up with a real view of governance that includes active governing rather than the lassez faire do nothing version that they been promulgating for the past 30 years or so.