Cutter: Des Moines Register endorsement not based 'at all in reality '

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Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter on Sunday dismissed the Des Moines Register endorsement of GOP candidate Mitt Romney, saying it was not “based at all in reality.”

“They endorsed Mitt Romney in the primary, so this was not much of a surprise,” said Cutter on ABC’s “This Week” of the influential swing-state paper’s backing for President Obama’s challenger.

“It was a little surprising to read that editorial, because it didn't seem to be based at all in reality, not just in the president's record, but in Mitt Romney's record,” Cutter added. “It says that he'd reach across the aisle, which he'd do the exact opposite. It's the exact opposite of what he did in Massachusetts.”

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“Over the course of running for president over this last six years, he's never once stood up to the far extreme right wing,” she said, citing the controversy over Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock’s recent comments on abortion and rape. “Just this past week we saw it, when he wouldn't take down his ad for Richard Mourdock, who had -- you know, it's a now famous comment that it's God's will if a woman gets pregnant through rape. He's not willing to stand up when it matters.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/264487-cutter-des-moines-register-endorsement-not-based-at-all-in-reality

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[Evergreen Emerald]

1. Bird cage liner

McCain, Hillary, Kerry all endorsed by Des Moines Register.

[JiminyJominy]

2. I Think

We're giving this more attention than it deserves. Cutter and campaign need to just move on. This endorsement only means something if you hype it up even more.

[SoapBox]

5. Ditto!

...it never fails to amaze me, when Dems/Libs/Progressives, keep bringing up negatives such as this rag, over and over and over.

SHUT UP!

Ignore it. Period.

And if you want to talk up something, talk up the POSITIVE endorsements!

sheesh.

[GLOBAL LIBERAL]

3. Why DMR endorsement is not going to have much impact

Do math with Venn Diagram. I don't have raw numbers but if you look at all variables. very few votes to change hand

-No of people in IOWA who subscribe to DMR
-No of people who read the news paper after buying it
-No of people who read the editorial section
-No of independents who have not voted yet
-No of people who are independent and undecided (very small) who read the editorial section
-No of undecided who will be influenced after reading the DMR editorial (negligible)


Media pundits like narrative but are too lazy to do actual analysis

[libinnyandia]

4. -No of Iowans who will no longer get the Register (at least one and probably many more)

[rurallib]

6. The register was a passion of mine until Gannet bought it

Now I seldom read it. Obvious as to why.
Once listened to IPR with a passion, now only rarely.
Iowa doesn't seem like Iowa anymore.
And we got that fucking Branstad back!