Robert Teeter
Robert Teeter
Robert M. Teeterwas an American Republican pollster and political campaign strategist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
CountryUnited States of America
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I think he could have made most of the trips and gone to most of the fund-raisers if he would have avoided the partisan rhetoric and talked to the country as President in each of these appearances rather than to the narrow partisan audiences.
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I think we need one recognized, respected public figure to make a tough, blunt statement on just what Reagan's record is and what he might do to the country, let alone the Republican Party before Christmas.
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The President, the Administration and the campaign need a theme. I am concerned that the President is seen as a tactician without an overall strategy of his plan for the country.
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Also the fact that anything he does is seen and heard by the entire country, not just his actual audience or those who live in the region he happens to be in.
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Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.
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While these attitudes are more visible when direct- ed at government, there is ample evidence that many working people distrust their own union as much as they do the corporation they work for.
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This is against a background of having been taught our system works best when made up of individuals who all act as responsible individuals.
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Detente is a particularly unpopular idea with most Republican primary voters and the word is worse. We ought to stop using the word whenever possible.
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Reagan is close to or ahead of the President in being seen as able to handle inflation, unemployment, government spending, and crime.
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Probably the most single successful part of the '72 campaign was the surrogate program and something like it needs to be established.
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Moreover when Reagan and the President were compared on the handling of a series of issues of foreign affairs and dealing with Congress.
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Major policy decisions that affect them are now made by the courts, the bureaucracy and 'The Headquarters' of various organizations.
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The President has not created any Ford constituency, unique from that of any Republican President. The one exception to this is that he does show unique strength with young voters for a Republican.
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While these attitudes are more visible when directed at government, there is ample evidence that many working people distrust their own union as much as they do the corporation they work for.