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Nor should the "rovian" aspect be ignored; it targets Obama's strength -- the idea that he's a "different kind of candidate".
Hillary's Talking Points For Surrogates On Obama Attack Ad 2009
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I described the nature of politics today as "rovian".
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Blaming the democratic party for the actions of the wingnuts is typical rovian tactics.
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June 3rd, 2008 3: 43 pm ET rovian repugs, give it up. you're stinking up the whole internet with your repugnant obvious attempts to divide the dems. we pity you that you blew your chance for redemption forever. enjoy the buring hell for the rest of your lives. pssst ...
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CNN and other rovian neo-cons are conspiring to paint the picture of mess and division in the democratic party, hoping to put mccain in the WH. not that the democratic party is infested with neo-cons in the first place. s.b. May 31st, 2008 11: 52 am ET
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Wow, with all of Hillary's rovian tricks, Obama has survived.
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Americans are sick of the rovian playbook politics!!!
McCain rejects endorsement of a second controversial pastor 2008
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Americans are sick of the rovian playbook politics!!!
McCain rejects endorsement of a second controversial pastor 2008
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Hillary is plain and simple dirty, and her campaign is trying more and more rovian tricks now that the inevitability mask failed.
Merry-Go-Round: Edwards Hits Hillary For Mailer Attacking Obama 2009
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And, the hillary44 site is, didn't you know, the unofficial anti-Obama site where the huddled together die-hard Clinton operatives practice and sharpen their rovian skills. pacc, your idea that Obama supporters are dewy-eyed may be coming from wrapping your mind too tightly with those kinds of reading materials.
Hillary Raps Obama: "Whatever Happened To The Politics Of Hope"? 2009
john commented on the word rovian
"A Rovian political strategy by definition means all slime, all the time. But the more crucial Rove game plan is to envelop the entire presidential race in a thick fog of truthiness."
The New York Times, Truthiness Stages a Comeback, by Frank Rich, September 20, 2008
September 21, 2008