-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Matthias Wasser Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:29 AM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Democrat Socialists
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:51 AM, James Leveque
<leveque.james at gmail.com>wrote:
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> Other than that, what the hell is it with Republicans refusing to
> the use the term "Democrat*ic*"? I just figured that it was to
annoy Dems,
> but maybe there's something there that I'm missing.
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Frank Luntz did some focus grouping back in the early 90s, I think, that showed people had less positive associations with "Democrat" than "Democratic." Newt Gingrich took this and a bunch of other findings from the lab and sent out a memo; the rest, like the Republican Party itself, is history. ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk