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Thursday, October 13, 2005

Schwarzenegger's "Rope-A-Dope"

posted by Richard @ 9:59 PM

Ed Driscoll on the waxing fortunes of Arnold Schwarzenegger and his reform agenda:

Rather than respond in kind, the governor and his supporters held their tongues (and checkbooks) until about six weeks before the November election. This rope-a-dope aimed to lure Arnold's opponents into a state of complacency; the trap would be sprung in late September when the governor, we were told, would finally go on the offensive.
if that all sounds familiar, it certainly should: that was President Bush's exact re-election strategy. As I wrote early in September of last year, during the week of the Republican National Convention.

And that's not the only similarity to last November: one of the soon-to-be victims of this rope-a-dope is one John F. Kerry, who popped into California today to pick sides.

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