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Ayotte+Palin=Big Mistake

by: StevenPlace

Thu Jul 09, 2009 at 14:46:41 PM EDT
I know it's tempting to compare the recent resignation of Kelly Ayotte to former Governor Sarah Palin, but I think this is a terrible mistake.

Kelly Ayotte is a well educated, accomplished woman who is a formidable opponent--to treat her like anything else is a mistake we should not make. There are plenty of other thing to attack her about, but being like Sarah Palin is not one of them.

Rather than focusing on GOP-like attacks, we should move forward with a positive campaign of substance to ensure Paul Hodes' victory in 2010.

We can win with the issues and our activism.

Anything less than that does a disservice to our state's reputation for substantive political discourse.

Petty comparisons will only turn people away from our party and our message.  
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Ayotte+Palin=Big Mistake | 9 comments
OK (0.00 / 0)
Shoot. Which issues?
Ayotte vs. Planned Parenthood (4.00 / 1)
Just to start...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...

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It's not going to be easy... (4.00 / 2)
But comparing her to Palin is a huge stretch that I think will only turn people away, not to mention make Democrats look petty.

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Not this week (4.00 / 3)
Logical comparison, I say. But I take your general point. It's useful now, but it will expire.
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Exactly. (4.00 / 1)
As a long term strategy it won't work.
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Well, the Republican Party (4.00 / 1)
and John McCain were serious enough to make Sarah Palin a heartbeat away from the presidency. So, to me Palin, pathetic as she is, was a serious, formidable opponent who could have done tremendous damage to this country had she been elected.

And since Ms. Ayotte has allowed her name to be thrown around without knowing her platform, at least until the 17th, nature will abhor that vacuum.

Just saying... (0.00 / 0)
I think Ayotte is a far different opponent then Palin and pigeon holing our characterization of Ayotte as a Palin-like candidate may end up hurting us.  
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This America ? (4.00 / 1)
where I heard last night on 'Ed' that 70% of Republicans recently polled said that today they would vote for Sarah Palin for President.

"Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does." Allen Ginsberg
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One more thing (4.00 / 1)
Don't underestimate Palin. She is the most watchable politician in America.

I remember when we thought Next Gingrich was crazy (we were right). But the GOP made him Speaker of the House.

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