November 08, 2005

The Early Spin

DCCC Chair Rahm Emanuel is the first nat'l Dem we've heard from tonight. His basic spin on VA GOV: a straight-forward Dem message of health care, education etc. beat a straight-forward GOP message of tax cuts, death penalty and immigration. "In a red state, a Democratic message beat a Republican message." And while Emanuel didn't say it, his implication was that Kaine's no Warner, meaning Warner won in '01 by trying to deliver a Republican-lite message. But that wasn't the Kaine message; he delivered a much more conventional Dem message.

Emanuel also claimed that both the NJ and VA victories are part of a pattern that started with the OH 02 special. The pattern: Democratic voters are simply more motivated than the GOP right now.

Posted at 09:36 PM

Comments

Message, we'er on message, apparently it's the messenger not the message. Let worry about whether homosexuals are married, but don't worry about where your next meal is coming from. By all means stay on message!!

ann lewis | 11.08.05 09:46 PM

Tell Rahm from an old Va Dem that voted before he was born -- a moderate message on social, hot-button issues carried the day.

The national Dems should not take credit. This is a VA-led insurrection.

VA Dem | 11.08.05 11:02 PM

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