http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/10/24/questions-that-remain/ Covering the 2008 election Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:39:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/10/24/questions-that-remain/#comment-36824 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:19:01 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/10/24/questions-that-remain/#comment-36824 [...] Questions that remain by Soren Dayton [...] […] Questions that remain by Soren Dayton […]

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]]> http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/10/24/questions-that-remain/#comment-36764 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:36:11 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/10/24/questions-that-remain/#comment-36764 [...] Oct 25, 2007 in 2008, GOP, analysis, argument, campaign management, election, election 2008, incompetence, media, mitt romney, republicans, rhetoric, romney, strategy, stupidity, the dark soul of Mitt Romney, triumph of unreasonTags: eye, eyeon08.com, Fred Thompson, Giuliani, gross ratings points, GRPs, Huckabee, Iowa, negative attacks, negativity “Romney has a flip-flopping, character, and authenticity problem,” writes the estimable eye of eyeon08.com in a speculative discursus titled Questions that Remain But someone is going to have to actually buy gross rating points to move this message. Who? Rudy has the resources, but is probably saving them for later. And, in any case, both Mike Huckabee and Thompson are only relevant if Romney fails. The incentives are there. Sixth, Huckabee’s performance at the Value Voters summit seems to have reshaped the moral conservative field. The contrast between his authenticity and Romney’s phoniness seems to have stopped Romney’s forward momentum among the interest group leaders here. But can he execute? Attacks on Romney’s credibility and religion only get so far without GRPs. But … if no one else really contests Iowa, is there any chance that Huckabee could out-perform Romney? I mean… if that were really the ballot choice (yeah, I know, it isn’t a ballot), doesn’t Huckabee win?… etc., etc. [...] […] Oct 25, 2007 in 2008, GOP, analysis, argument, campaign management, election, election 2008, incompetence, media, mitt romney, republicans, rhetoric, romney, strategy, stupidity, the dark soul of Mitt Romney, triumph of unreasonTags: eye, eyeon08.com, Fred Thompson, Giuliani, gross ratings points, GRPs, Huckabee, Iowa, negative attacks, negativity “Romney has a flip-flopping, character, and authenticity problem,” writes the estimable eye of eyeon08.com in a speculative discursus titled Questions that Remain But someone is going to have to actually buy gross rating points to move this message. Who? Rudy has the resources, but is probably saving them for later. And, in any case, both Mike Huckabee and Thompson are only relevant if Romney fails. The incentives are there. Sixth, Huckabee’s performance at the Value Voters summit seems to have reshaped the moral conservative field. The contrast between his authenticity and Romney’s phoniness seems to have stopped Romney’s forward momentum among the interest group leaders here. But can he execute? Attacks on Romney’s credibility and religion only get so far without GRPs. But … if no one else really contests Iowa, is there any chance that Huckabee could out-perform Romney? I mean… if that were really the ballot choice (yeah, I know, it isn’t a ballot), doesn’t Huckabee win?… etc., etc. […]

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