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“Bring it on” dep’t

January 14, 2012 By Mark Kleiman @markarkleiman

The most important choice in politics isn’t what to say about an issue, and the most important victory isn’t winning the argument about an issue. What really counts is which issues are being talked about; if you can keep the conversation focused on topics where you hold the high ground, you win.

So I’m with Steve Benen: if the Republicans want to talk about whether Barack Obama deserves credit for an improving economy and for killing Osama bin Laden, Democrats should be happy to accommodate them.

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  1. Jamie says

    January 14, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    For the party of the 11th Commandment and the Wingnut-Voltron effect, they’re surprisingly disorganized at the moment, no?

    And yet, I fear it is going to be close.

  2. Brett Bellmore says

    January 15, 2012 at 6:22 am

    If Democrats want to defend the proposition that permanently reducing the number of jobs in the economy, (Unemployment has only dropped because of people giving up.) was an “improvement”, I say bring it on indeed.

    • Clark says

      January 15, 2012 at 6:46 am

      Except that you are wrong. Only half the unemployment decline can be attributed to people leaving the workforce.

      http://cnsnews.com/news/article/half-unemployment-rate-decline-due-people-giving-job-search-labor-data-show

      Maybe you should apply the same metaphysical certitude theory that makes you a birther to other things in the real world.

  3. Ed Whitney says

    January 16, 2012 at 7:38 am

    I wonder why no one seems to be pointing out that the Dow increased from 8000 when the Obama administration began to 11,800 two years later, an increase of 3800 points (or 1900 points per year). Then the Tea Party took over Congress and the Dow has risen by only 600 points in the 12 months after that event. The Tea Party has slowed down the rise in stock prices threefold since it began controlling the House. Should not this be causing consternation among the capitalists to whom Romney is addressing much of his campaign rhetoric?

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