Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

2016 Postmortem

underpants

(182,767 posts)

2. (ironically) the GOP is done in by one of their catchwords "Competition"

Reply to DFW (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 26, 2012, 11:29 AM

Feb 2012

Competition does expose the best from the weak but the 20+ debates exposed all their candidates as weak, and it exposed the party for what it is - scared, racist, and built on distraction.

The good side of the debates was the free publicity. The bad side was that they had to start in fighting and they had too much time presenting a bad product (all of them).

The byproduct of the debates was that because they were free no-cost self promotion campaigns (Newt and Cain) were extended and made to look relevant.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

3 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Democratic governors almost giddy on Obama reelection prospects (Fox News) [View all] underpants Feb 2012 OP

Mitch Daniels, a REPUBLICAN, says he doesn't like the system we have now???? DFW Feb 2012 #1

(ironically) the GOP is done in by one of their catchwords "Competition" underpants Feb 2012 #2

Newt's fizzle makes me wonder DFW Feb 2012 #3