2010 Redux. Why Not?
by digby
Reince Priebus had a conference call:
A reporter from the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette asked Priebus if “Obamacare is going to be the Johnny-one-note campaign for Republicans” in which “every issue that comes up, you’re going to respond with Obamacare.” Or, he inquired, “is there more to what Republicans want in 2014?”
“The answer is Obamacare,” Priebus said, before adding a “just kidding.” But he wasn’t really kidding. He went on to say that “it’s not possible for this not to be the No. 1 issue going into the 2014 elections. It’s just not. . . . So the answer to your question is, it is going to be the No. 1 issue in 2014.”
Of course it is. Just like it was in their triumphant 2010 campaign. And it’s going to be about Obamacare in general but also in a very specific way:
They need to turn out white senior citizens who hate Obama. They figure if it ain’t broke, they’re not going to fix it. We’ll see if they’re right.