Responding to that call, Tom Davis, former head of the NRCC, sent out a sobering memo, full of stuff like this:
Given the strong intensity to the President and the Republican brand, turnout generation is much easier for Democrats than Republicans.
[...]
No where is the Democratic surge more demonstrable than in the fundraising totals.
[...]
Immigration pits our business wing against our grass roots wing. The War has turned many educated, affluent Republicans away. Spending priorities, scandals, gas prices and home value declines leave little for Republicans to be enthused over, particularly when our ability to draw issue lines and force choices by Democrats is frustrated by House Rules, inarticulate and unfocused national leadership and finger pointing.
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Our message is stale. Without a clear change in direction, Congressional Republicans can count on more Louisiana’s and Illinois’s. If we were a business that had been losing market share, would we simply wait for our competition’s product to blow up? Or, would we re-tool, innovate and make the appropriate changes. They don’t like our dog food. They may not like the Democrat’s either, but for now, and through November, they appear to be buying it.
With that in mind, the House GOP rolled out a new set of talking points. Apparently immune to irony, their site features a picture of six-term Congresswoman Kay Granger (TX-12) flanked by nine-term Minority Leader John Boehner and six-term Minority Whip Roy Blount, with a caption saying "Washington is broken".
Randy Kuhl, who seems willing to repeat any of his leadership's talking points, dutifully rolled out a press release announcing a "Fix Washington" project. Kuhl will be soliciting ideas from constituents on legislation to fix DC with a new form on his website.
In other words, Tom Davis tells House Republicans that they need a "clear change in direction". Randy Kuhl responds with a better way to write your Congressman. I don't think that's the kind of change Davis had in mind.
]]>Responding to that call, Tom Davis, former head of the NRCC, sent out a sobering memo, full of stuff like this:
Given the strong intensity to the President and the Republican brand, turnout generation is much easier for Democrats than Republicans.
[...]
No where is the Democratic surge more demonstrable than in the fundraising totals.
[...]
Immigration pits our business wing against our grass roots wing. The War has turned many educated, affluent Republicans away. Spending priorities, scandals, gas prices and home value declines leave little for Republicans to be enthused over, particularly when our ability to draw issue lines and force choices by Democrats is frustrated by House Rules, inarticulate and unfocused national leadership and finger pointing.
[...]
Our message is stale. Without a clear change in direction, Congressional Republicans can count on more Louisiana’s and Illinois’s. If we were a business that had been losing market share, would we simply wait for our competition’s product to blow up? Or, would we re-tool, innovate and make the appropriate changes. They don’t like our dog food. They may not like the Democrat’s either, but for now, and through November, they appear to be buying it.
With that in mind, the House GOP rolled out a new set of talking points. Apparently immune to irony, their site features a picture of six-term Congresswoman Kay Granger (TX-12) flanked by nine-term Minority Leader John Boehner and six-term Minority Whip Roy Blount, with a caption saying "Washington is broken".
Randy Kuhl, who seems willing to repeat any of his leadership's talking points, dutifully rolled out a press release announcing a "Fix Washington" project. Kuhl will be soliciting ideas from constituents on legislation to fix DC with a new form on his website.
In other words, Tom Davis tells House Republicans that they need a "clear change in direction". Randy Kuhl responds with a better way to write your Congressman. I don't think that's the kind of change Davis had in mind.
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