January 14, 2005
DNC TALKING POINTS:
Social Security Push to Tap the GOP Faithful (Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei, January 14, 2005, Washington Post)
President Bush plans to reactivate his reelection campaign's network of donors and activists to build pressure on lawmakers to allow workers to invest part of their Social Security taxes in the stock market, according to Republican strategists.White House allies are launching a market-research project to figure out how to sell the plan in the most comprehensible and appealing way, and Republican marketing and public-relations gurus are building teams of consultants to promote it, the strategists said.
The campaign will use Bush's campaign-honed techniques of mass repetition, never deviating from the script and using the politics of fear to build support...
Shouldn't Ted Kennedy share the by-line? Posted by Orrin Judd at January 14, 2005 12:02 PM
Comments
This is another example of Bush's MBA presidency. He's keeping his "customers" involved with their "product," rather than just letting them drop for four years until the next election.
Posted by: Timothy at January 14, 2005 12:50 PM