“Where’s The Beef?” |
| Published: January 10, 2008, 4:39 pm |
| Tags: 2008 elections, democrats |
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Mort Kondracke’s column in Roll Call today pins Sen. Clinton’s NH Primary victory on her resurrecting Walter Mondale’s old “Where’s the beef?” line from the Wendy’s commercial. Welling tears may have helped “humanize” Clinton, especially with women voters, but I think she also made a dent with her updated version of Walter Mondale’s 1984 taunt of his “new ideas” challenger, Sen. Gary Hart (D-Colo.): “Where’s the beef?” Obama delivers thrilling speeches about “hope” and “change” and ending the poisonous partisanship that consumes Washington. His crowds love the message, as do I. But they seem to cheer him most when he refers to what can be done if the partisanship ends — 47 million people can get health insurance, the planet can be saved from global warming, teachers will be better rewarded, youngsters will have early-childhood education, etc. But it’s a litany [ Full article ] |
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