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RUSH: Here\u2019s Matthew Dowd. Matthew Dowd, campaign strategerist for Bush 43, well known Republican establishment figure, was on Good Morning America today with Stephanopoulos, who said, “Newt gave as good as he got, going straight at Romney\u2019s record at Bain Capital. He was using the same argument Ted Kennedy used to beat Romney in 1994. That same argument Obama would like to use, and Newt\u2019s showing he\u2019ll be ruthless to get the nomination.”<\/p>\n
RUSH: Wow! Wait a minute! Now here\u2019s Republican establishment guy saying that either one of these guys can beat Obama? Brand-new day. Who let this guy off the reservation? This a very revealing sound bite. Establishment Republicans are just figuring out that the Republican nominee could actually win! Don\u2019t forget, and don\u2019t discount me on this. The Republican establishment — and you know who I\u2019m talking about when I say that. It\u2019s made up of inside-the-Beltway conservative (so-called) media people, elected Republicans, campaign consultants, strategists. If you get \u2019em in a quiet corner of a room and you assure them that what they say won\u2019t go any further, they\u2019ll tell you they don\u2019t think Obama can lose. They\u2019ll tell you that they don\u2019t think we can beat Obama.<\/p>\n
They\u2019ve drank the Kool-Aid. They believe this notion Obama\u2019s loved. They believe that Obama\u2019s race makes it impossible to criticize him, campaign against him, impossible to get minority votes. It\u2019s just impossible. They really believe Obama can\u2019t be beat, so the reason for Romney, the reason they like Romney is: A, he\u2019s not a conservative in their mind; and B they think Romney\u2019s erudite, responsible, solid, reasonable, good-looking; and will probably give us the best opportunity of winning the Senate — which is what the Republican establishment\u2019s focused on: Winning the Senate, getting their committee chairmanships back, getting themselves in charge of the money. Now, admittedly, too, there is a strategy here.<\/p>\n
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Now, here\u2019s Dowd. That\u2019s why this sound bite\u2019s something and why I decided to play it. Dowd out there saying either one of these guys can beat Obama? Believe me, that\u2019s news to Republican establishment types.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RUSH: Here\u2019s Matthew Dowd. Matthew Dowd, campaign strategerist for Bush 43, well known Republican establishment figure, was on Good Morning America today with Stephanopoulos, who said, “Newt gave as good as he got, going straight at Romney\u2019s record at Bain Capital. He was using the same argument Ted Kennedy used to beat Romney in 1994. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n