Subject: RE: McCain Survey- Take 3
From: "Begala, Paul" <[email-masked]>
To: "Kristi Fuksa" <[email-masked]>, "Tom Matzzie" <[email-masked]>, "Tara McGuinness" <[email-masked]>, "Susan McCue" <[email-masked]>, "John Podesta" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Stan Greenberg" <[email-masked]>, "Anna Greenberg" <[email-masked]>, "Ana Iparraguirre" <[email-masked]>, "Andrew Baumann" <[email-masked]>, "Jesse Contario" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 16:08:01 -0500

Several issues:
 
1.  I think gay adoption belongs with the "liberal" hit on Obama, but "a
little blow" does not.  "A little blow" needs to be tested on its own.
 
2.  This means we have to cut one Obama negative.  Suggestions?
 
3.  I think we need a more accurate tax attack on Obama.  The $180
billion tax hike for health care is only the beginning.  Obama also
supports raising the cap on Social Security taxes, which would be a tax
increase of $1.3 trillion over ten years.  [See factcheck.org, citing
data from Cato Institute and Citizens for Tax Justice  
http://www.factcheck.org/clinton_vs_obama.html
<http://www.factcheck.org/clinton_vs_obama.html>   Obama will also be
attacked for Charlie Rangel's "mother of all tax reforms," which the GOP
says will be a $1 trillion tax increase.  See Bloomberg story at 
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a2Ydcv4tYVCc&refer=h
ome
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a2Ydcv4tYVCc&refer=
home>    
 
Paul

________________________________

From: Kristi Fuksa [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 3:28 PM
To: Begala, Paul; Tom Matzzie; Tara McGuinness; Susan McCue; John
Podesta
Cc: Stan Greenberg; Anna Greenberg; Ana Iparraguirre; Andrew Baumann;
Jesse Contario
Subject: McCain Survey- Take 3

Hello-

Attached is another revision of the McCain survey.  It is currently at
25 minutes exactly, so please take that into account when making further
edits.  As for the timing of this poll, are there any more thoughts on
fielding tomorrow versus holding off?  Or is the consensus to wait for
tonight's results? 

 

Tom-- Do you think we can do a quick call today with you in order to
discuss the implications for the upcoming research and timeline for the
ads?

Thanks all!  Kristi

 

 

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