Anonymous Coward User ID: 2344420 United States 03/07/2012 12:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The lie of momentum politics and the false narrative of the horse race in this GOP primary [ link to milwaukeestory.com] "Conventional wisdom states that momentum plays a key role in the primary contests. But that wisdom is nothing more than self-fulfilling rhetoric by the mainstream media." "What is lost in the horse race narrative is the similarity between Romney, Santorum and Gingrich. Ron Paul's disagreements with the other three on foreign policy and civil liberties are portrayed as decisions that weigh him down in the polls and make him a less formidable contestant in the race. Instead the disagreements are the aspects of the campaigns that should be explored in the most depth and given the majority of broadcast air time." [ link to milwaukeestory.com] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 2344420 United States 03/07/2012 01:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The lie of momentum politics and the false narrative of the horse race in this GOP primary "Instead the horse race narrative focuses on personality, debate performance and political organization. Debates, which have the hope of being a refuge for actual substance, have become opportunities to successfully spin away unwanted portions of a candidates record through skilled political performance." |