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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-20-12 11:11 AM
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Carville Admits Obama Was Right
“WASHINGTON -- After months of warning President Barack Obama that his message on economic success could be off-putting to voters, Democratic strategists James Carville and Stanley Greenberg reported Friday that his economy ads are working better than they had expected.

Carville and Greenberg, who run the public opinion polling and strategic advice group Democracy Corps, have long expressed concern that Obama may seem out of touch by emphasizing the gains his administration has made on the economy.

"I'm worried that when the White House or the campaign talks about the progress that’s being made, people take that as a signal that they think that things are fine and people don’t feel they ought to believe that," Carville said on ABC's "Good Morning America" in June.

Their advice was that Obama should focus his economic message on the future. Since then, the president has done both. Carville and Greenberg wrote Friday that talking about current and future policies seemed to be showing success.“…cont…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/19/james-carville-stanley-greenberg-obama-economy_n_1990403.html
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-12 03:28 AM
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1. The story reads as though Obama did better after implementing Carville's advice.
That Obama is strugglng against Romney amazes me to begin with.
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