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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 14 Jul 2012

    So why is it the Obama team only knows hardass on the election trail, not on the governance trail?

    6:42 AM - 14 Jul 2012
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      2. Keith White‏ @keethers 14 Jul 2012
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel @AdamSerwer Because they are 100% in control of the campaign apparatus, Congress not so much.

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 14 Jul 2012
        Replying to @keethers

        @Keethers Sure. But these kind of hardass ads would work against Congress, too.

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      4. Keith White‏ @keethers 14 Jul 2012
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel There's a fine line between running attack ads vs your opponent and elected members of Congress. Would be a dangerous precedent.

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      5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 14 Jul 2012
        Replying to @keethers

        @Keethers You never saw the campaign they ran against Pelosi? Schumer?

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      2. Brandon Friedman‏Verified account @BFriedmanDC 14 Jul 2012
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel Campaigning is easier. Governing is a thousand times more complex--compounded during a 1st term w/two hostile branches of govt.

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 14 Jul 2012
        Replying to @BFriedmanDC

        @BFriedmanDC Right. So why not use all the weapons available, like this kind of killer instinct? That's precisely why he SHOULD do this.

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      4. Brandon Friedman‏Verified account @BFriedmanDC 14 Jul 2012
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel Don't disagree, but I'd expect to see a much more aggressive posture during the second term.

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      1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 14 Jul 2012
        Replying to @justexcel

        @justexcel Is that it, really? Interesting explanation.

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      1. Nancy LeTourneau‏ @Smartypants60 14 Jul 2012
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel Your Obama Derangement Syndrome is showing when you have to looks so hard for something to complain about.

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      1. skilluminati‏ @skilluminati 14 Jul 2012
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel because only one of those things actually matters

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      2. Doctrine Man‏ @Doctrine_Man 14 Jul 2012
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Million-dollar question. RT @emptywheel So why is it the Obama team only knows hardass on the election trail, not on the governance trail?

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      1. Sweetbay‏ @sweetbay 15 Jul 2012
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel Look at Obama's legislative accomplishments. This is a hardass. http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/05/29/a-long-list-of-president-obamas-accomplishments-with-citations/ …

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      1. udiny‏ @udiny 14 Jul 2012
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        @emptywheel @AdamSerwer Because after you win you have to govern the folks you beat using hardass methods

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      1. Rob Waldeck‏ @Robertwaldeck 14 Jul 2012
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        @emptywheel cuz congressional left can't lift the votes. Always waiting for big daddy to do the work.

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      1. Robert Crump‏ @robertecrump 14 Jul 2012
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        @emptywheel You know why - it's smoke and mirrors. And cynical as hell.

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      1. Brandon Friedman‏Verified account @BFriedmanDC 14 Jul 2012
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel Like asking "Why does the Big 10 aggressively dominate against the MAC, then play timid & confused against the SEC?" #heyo

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