Drawing differences between Obama and the GOP nut-jobs in Congress
Obama aims to tie Romney to far-right Republicans
His strategy at the Democratic convention will be to use the GOP House faction's unpopularity against his rival.
By Christi Parsons, Washington Bureau, LA Times
1:50 AM PDT, September 3, 2012
WASHINGTON — After months of laboring to define Mitt Romney, Democrats head into their national convention this week hoping to fuse his image with that of the Republican Party and its unpopular congressional caucus.
Obama's team plans to portray the Republicans as an association of ideologues hoping to return to power with the election of a pliant White House servant who would follow a conservative, tea-party-driven agenda.
In the Democrats' version of the campaign, Romney is a man with little substance who has subordinated himself to the party's most right-wing forces. Those include his running mate, Rep. Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, and other House Republicans and GOP candidates who espouse views about reproductive rights that Democrats say put them out of step with a majority of voters, particularly women.
Democratic strategists believe that casting the contest in such stark terms will animate their core supporters, while broadcasting a message that will win over the less partisan voters they need.
"Republicans are at the core now an ideological party," David Axelrod, Obama's longtime advisor, said in an interview. "They have a dogma they believe in, and they don't really want to debate about the future."
(More here.)
By Christi Parsons, Washington Bureau, LA Times
1:50 AM PDT, September 3, 2012
WASHINGTON — After months of laboring to define Mitt Romney, Democrats head into their national convention this week hoping to fuse his image with that of the Republican Party and its unpopular congressional caucus.
Obama's team plans to portray the Republicans as an association of ideologues hoping to return to power with the election of a pliant White House servant who would follow a conservative, tea-party-driven agenda.
In the Democrats' version of the campaign, Romney is a man with little substance who has subordinated himself to the party's most right-wing forces. Those include his running mate, Rep. Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, and other House Republicans and GOP candidates who espouse views about reproductive rights that Democrats say put them out of step with a majority of voters, particularly women.
Democratic strategists believe that casting the contest in such stark terms will animate their core supporters, while broadcasting a message that will win over the less partisan voters they need.
"Republicans are at the core now an ideological party," David Axelrod, Obama's longtime advisor, said in an interview. "They have a dogma they believe in, and they don't really want to debate about the future."
(More here.)
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