tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post4984960529659854361..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: Fighting the way you train--governing the way you campaignSteven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-32874599889925360892008-09-04T14:35:00.000-04:002008-09-04T14:35:00.000-04:00"It'll probably work: lowest common denom..."It'll probably work: lowest common denominator politics usually does."<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately you're right. Fear & division and appealing to the lowest common denominator WORKS. When it comes down to it politics is all about winning, principles and decency be damned on the way towards that goal.<BR/><BR/>That said I agree with you that both sides don't need to stoop to this level of mudslinging. Gore & Kerry most definitely lost because of terrible campaigning, not because they weren't nasty enough.Mike W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425962910696301026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-46687673413543367902008-09-03T10:15:00.000-04:002008-09-03T10:15:00.000-04:00One more thing:Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes: "When y...One more thing:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/f/q161830.html" REL="nofollow">Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes</A>: "When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you."The Last Ephorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546829944086243794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-16600530196354868242008-09-03T08:26:00.000-04:002008-09-03T08:26:00.000-04:00Excellent post. The odd thing is that the candida...Excellent post. The odd thing is that the candidates have been rather civil this time whereas everyone else (esp. Kos and his ilk) are spewing the bile. <BR/><BR/>I've always believed that you can spot a partisan as the one who will gladly go over the cliff with his flag flying high. <BR/><BR/>Even Reagan the demiurge of the GOP said that politics is the art of half a loaf.The Last Ephorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546829944086243794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-57342793758137972002008-09-03T05:59:00.000-04:002008-09-03T05:59:00.000-04:00kavipsThere is a definite difference between hard ...kavips<BR/>There is a definite difference between hard campaigning, issues-oriented campaigning, and even (in the traditional sense) negative campaigning than what we are currently seeing.<BR/><BR/>The difference is this: negative campaigning impacts your opponent (hopefully with real facts), modern-day demonization attacks entire classes of <I>voters</I>.<BR/><BR/>Here (crudely) is how the difference for Tyler would play out:<BR/><BR/>1) Negative campaigning: "Do you want to re-elect somebody who is a tool of special interests like my opponent?"<BR/><BR/>2) Demonizing campaigning: "The only people supporting my opponent are lazy union workers who have perverted the American political system so that they and their families can live off you like parasites."<BR/><BR/>Get the difference?<BR/><BR/>It's critical.<BR/><BR/>Moreover, on the Presidential stage the Democrats have not been getting killled-they've been losing by fractions of a percent. There's an argument to be made that it has been fundamentally stupid campaigning--not the failure to demonize--that cost both Kerry and Gore their elections.<BR/><BR/>Go back and look at the effort the Gore people put into Florida in 2000; their internal polling completely missed the Nader effect. Likewise, the Kerry people made a key bad decision in the last two weeks of the campaign that Ohio was in the bag and turned significant resources elsewhere.Steven H. Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-73464643375426382892008-09-03T05:41:00.000-04:002008-09-03T05:41:00.000-04:00It would be MORE of a shame if he didn't run a cle...It would be MORE of a shame if he didn't run a clean campaign.<BR/><BR/>Much, much more.a most peculiar naturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13131721132161386999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-5685670220849398192008-09-03T02:47:00.000-04:002008-09-03T02:47:00.000-04:00Just curious.How do you get around the "if you don...Just curious.<BR/><BR/>How do you get around the "if you don't win, you can't govern argument?"<BR/><BR/>It would be a shame if Tyler took your advice, ran a clean campaign, and then lost to a plebiscite...<BR/><BR/>It would be a shame for all of us, really....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com