2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRNC Seeks to Drive Wedge Over Clinton’s VP Pick
RNC Seeks to Drive Wedge Over Clintons VP Pickhttps://politicalwire.com/2016/06/26/rnc-seeks-to-drive-wedge-over-clintons-vp-pick/
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The Republican National Committee is planning to cleave liberal voters away from Hillary Clinton as part of a campaign to counteract her forthcoming pick of a vice presidential running mate, the Huffington Post reports.
In a detailed memo outlining its strategy to combat Clintons VP choice, the committee says it will frame the selection as both a cynical play to certain constituencies and as an emotional letdown for voters who backed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Democratic primary.
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TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)Which could take until December.
chillfactor
(7,584 posts)they just do not have it together this election year...seems to me trump's vp pick could turn out to be a real wedge issue for the Democrats...we could laugh ourselves silly....
Android3.14
(5,402 posts)The GOP is just wasting their money in that framing. On that particular issue, they are shooting a dead horse.
If she picks Warren, it is a cynical play, but at least I'll have two reasons to vote for Clinton. If she goes with a conservative, I'll only have one reason.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)RandySF
(59,264 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)Time and again, these republican schemes tend to blow up in their faces
longship
(40,416 posts)sofa king
(10,857 posts)As they always do. Republicans always take advantage of the one-way door of hypocrisy that their addled constituents use.
But the tactic alienates undecided voters and it hasn't worked since 1980, unless you count its limited use in Shrub's thefts.
Trump's pick is going to be a friggin' disaster, anyway. They're not going to be in any position to draw attention to VP candidates.