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Karl Rove: How To Beat Hillary

In his first Newsweek opinion piece, former Presidential senior adviser and White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove offers a little free advice to the presumptive Democratic nominee's opponent.  It's all worth reading, but here it is in 60 seconds.

Right now, Republicans are focusing much of their fire on Senator Clinton. Criticizing her unites the party, stirs up the unsettled feelings many swing voters have toward her and allows each candidate to say why he is best able to beat her. For now, that's enough. But when a GOP nominee emerges, he needs to remember no Republican is as well known as Hillary.
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Plan now to introduce yourself again right after winning the nomination. Don't assume everyone knows you.
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Say in authentic terms what you believe.
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Tackle issues families care about and Republicans too often shy away from. Jobs, the economy, taxes and spending will be big issues this campaign, but some issues that used to be "go to" ones for Republicans, like crime and welfare, don't have as much salience. Concerns like health care, the cost of college and social mobility will be more important.

Go after people who aren't traditional Republicans.
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Be strong on Iraq. Democrats have bet on failure. That's looking to be an increasingly bad wager, given the remarkable progress seen recently in Iraq.
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The conventional wisdom now is that Hillary Clinton will be the next president. In reality, she's eminently beatable. Her contentious history evokes unpleasant memories. She lacks her husband's political gifts and rejects much of the centrism he championed. The health-care fiasco showed her style and ideology. All of which helps explain why, for a front runner in an open race for the presidency, she has the highest negatives in history.

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Rove is a virus and I'd like to elect a cure, a virus that spreads corruption spite,lies, and injustice wherever he goes. I knew the chaos and bigotry and low down stinking sexist misogyny spewed at the democratic party had his law breaking,egocentric,narcisitic,dogma wagging,meglomaniac stench all over it. A destroyer of democracy and backstabber of the good, of the just, the honest,the hardworking and the truly patriotic! A malicious misrcreant that is not fit to lick Senator Clinton's boots. What has this asshole ever done but help the other assholes hijack our elections, steal from our citizens, lie to the world and Bushwack our constitution. Shame on you! as if you ever had any! you fucking sociopath! A pox on all of your stock! for constantly ruining my piece of mind! You are likle a case of hives irritating, ugly and infuriating! Of course that's only my opinion and a daydream many Americans share.

Posted by: Revolted | Jun 21, 2008 1:09:37 AM

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