2000 Election Game: Campaign Thread

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Would it be possible for there to be outside groups going into the fall election? I know this is around the golden age of the issue ad. I could run a pro-Quayle 501(c)4.

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This is contingent on the GM's acceptance of my outside group idea, dibs on Rove.

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This is contingent on the GM's acceptance of my outside group idea, dibs on Rove.

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Good Idea, but, John Kerry isn't the nominee...  I'm running as Tom Daschle Democratic nominee, in case you didn't notice...

Oh, I thought you two were running neck and neck in the primary Woops.

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This is contingent on the GM's acceptance of my outside group idea, dibs on Rove.

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Good Idea, but, John Kerry isn't the nominee...  I'm running as Tom Daschle Democratic nominee, in case you didn't notice...

Oh, I thought you two were running neck and neck in the primary Woops.

We were and then Kerry dropped out...

Ohhhhh. Okay. Ad pulled. Woops.

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Running in California, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin Michigan.


LEADERSHIP

Dan Quayle, a Vice President. Colin Powell, a general and war hero. These men are great leaders, ready to keep America safe in the 21st century. The new millennium demands leadership, strength, and clarity of vision. That's why we need you, the people, to elect Quayle-Powell in November.

PART OF THE PROBLEM

Tom Daschle has never run anything in his whole life. Going into Congress in 1978, he's been there 22 years. When he was first elected, Jimmy Carter was President and the song "Shadow Dancing" was number 1. Tom Daschle isn't ready to lead and solve the nations troubles. Why? Because Tom Daschle is part of the problem, not the solution.

OPPORTUNITY

Dan Quayle understands what it is like for the middle class. After he left Washington DC, Vice President Quayle got involved in his community of Phoenix, Arizona. He learned the struggles that business owners face to keep the lights on and create jobs. He knows the impact immigration has on this country. Dan Quayle understands opportunity, and how to create it.

STRANGLEHOLD

In the Senate, Tom Daschle has supported legislation to crush American small businesses. He wants to raise taxes on working families to create massive new entitlements and spending billions of dollars on wasteful projects. Tom Daschle enabled the tax-and-spend culture of Washington because he is too weak to stand up to the status quo. Tom Daschle wants to raise your taxes. He wants to put a stranglehold on prosperity.

PROSPERITY

America is the land of the free, the land of opportunity. Under President Reagan and President Bush, the fundamentals of the American economy were strengthened. That prosperity, brought about my low taxes and pro-growth policies, led to the successful years of the 1990's. Don't let Tom Daschle fool you. It wasn't raising the death tax  or increasing fees on middle class families. It wasn't the culture of tax-and-spend liberalism his fellow Senators wanted. It was responsible legislated, that Vice President Quayle supports, like tax and welfare reform. That's prosperity.

OUTREACH     Radio ad

This year's President election is going to be historic. The Quayle campaign is redrawing the electoral map, challenging tax-and-spend liberal Tom Daschle from sea to shining sea. There is historic outreach going on and Americans for Opportunity wants you to be a part of it. Call (phone number) for details on how to get started.



Infrastructure
-Big fundraising gala in La Jolla, CA.
-30 free spaghetti dinners in ME, MI, CT, CA, WI, NJ, AR, and NH. Collect email addresses, contact info, and upload to central Americans For Opportunity data base.
-Big fundraiser in New York.
-Open HQ in La Jolla, CA. Data-entry phones, 20 phone lines, massive server room, and lounge. Decked out campaign office.
-Press promotions of upcoming events.

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Americans for Opportunity Press Release

Texas Businessman Harold Simmons has officially endorsed the AfO. Mr. Simmons is welcomed aboard and has long shown interest in preserving opportunity for every American.

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Running in Pennsylvania and Michigan:

Manufacturing
Voiceover: There is a great threat to the lifeblood of American manufacturing. Taxes and regulations are mounting on job creators, forcing them to move over seas. Bill Clinton has pursued a dangerous mix of policies by putting pressure on manufacturers to leave AND signing legislation that helped them move jobs overseas. Pennsylvania/Michigan is threatened by this recklessness and opportunity is limited for our children. Let's vote for a brighter future. Vote Quayle in 2000.

(The point of that ad is to hurt Clinton on economic stewardship. A lot of independents liked Clinton
in 2000, and therefore the Democrats, because they were seen as strong on the economy. This line of attack should probably soften the Democrats' edge as a party.)

Running in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Arkansas, Missouri, and Michigan.

Values

Voiceover: Here in -state-, people know the meaning of family values. They know that your family is the best safety net there is and we need to raise kids to have strong moral character. Dan Quayle is a strong supporter of those values. His many years of supporting the sanctity of life and marriage have proven that he is a proven fighter for the soundness of America's moral fiber. Dan Quayle will restore dignity and honor to the Oval Office

Running in California, New Mexico and Nevada, Spanish and English ad. Narrator is an immigrant from Mexico:

Family and Opportunity
Voiceover: When my family came to the United States when I was just a boy, my papa said that we were going to the great land of opportunity. We were going somewhere where my family could find good work and get ahead, my brothers and sisters and me could get a good education, and everyone works hard. We were going to America. Here I am, an adult, and I see that vision threatened. Manufacturers are closing shop. Small business is feeling pressure under a more overbearing government. And our elected officials don't respect family values. We need someone like Dan Quayle to restore dignity and strength to the land of opportunity. That's why he should be our next President.

Running in West Virginia and Kentucky:

Coal

Voiceover: Coal is a way of life in Kentucky/West Virginia. Grandaddy worked in the mines, daddy worked in the mines and it's fed families for generations. Coal miners pay taxes that keep the schools open and roads paved. But Tom Daschle and his radical environmentalist interest groups want to ruin the coal industry. Huge fees, taxes, and regulations threaten coal and our way of life. Vote for coal, vote for jobs, vote for Quayle.

Guns
Voiceover: Tom Daschle and liberal Democrats helped ram through a gun ban across the country. Corrupt Senators hammered out a backroom deal that gutted the 2nd Amendment. Tom Daschle is an enemy of your right to bear arms. Vote for freedom, vote for your rights, vote for Quayle.

Radio ad in urban areas of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan:

Trapped
Voiceover: It's a sad fact in America today. A lot of times, your success is determined by your ZIP code. Dan Quayle has a plan to give kids who are trapped in failing schools a chance to succeed. By supporting alternatives to failing inner city kids, the Quayle plan is going to help poor families have equal opportunity to get into private schools. The Quayle plan is going to lift black families out of poverty and support a brighter future for our children.

Running in Hispanic-dominant areas of Nevada, New Mexico, and California. Spanish ad:

Choice

Voiceover: Immigrants have come to this country for generations, seeking a better future for their kids. Education is critical to ensuring a successful life. Dan Quayle has a plan to ensure that every child, black, white, Hispanic, it doesn't matter, has access to high quality education. A vote for Dan Quayle is a vote for a bright future and a vote for better schools.

Trapped, Hispanics

Voiceover: Millions of Latino children are trapped in failing schools. Their success is limited by their ZIP code. It isn't their fault or their families fault that the schools are failing. That's why the Quayle plan for education provides every child, regardless of race or background, the equal opportunity to attend high quality private schools. A vote for Dan Quayle is a vote for a brighter future.


Radio ad running in swing-counties of Ohio, West Virginia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania:

Flexibility
Voiceover: Tom Daschle opposed allowing states to run their own food stamps program. Rather than supporting flexibility for poor families, Tom Daschle supported a top-down federal government bureaucracy. Tom Daschle's vote kept governors from doing what is best for their people, and limits opportunity for those in poverty.




Infrastructure
Paid staffers looking for volunteers in urban Ohio, Pennsylvania.
       -Target is to raise 100 minority volunteers in Pennsylvania.
       -Target is to raise 150 minority volunteers in Ohio.

Four fundraising events attended by Mr. Rove himself.
Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace interview.

Buy robo-call machine.
Mailing reiterating school choice to 3/5 Voter Propensity African Americans in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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Americans for Opportunity is muscling in on statewide races. It benefits presidential candidates to have strong down-ticket candidates.


Running in Florida:

Safety Net
Voiceover: Bill Nelson wants to stay the course and bankrupt social security. Rather than reduce benefits for the rich, Bill Nelson wants to destroy Social Security and throw seniors out in the streets. Bill McCollum has a plan to responsibly reform Social Security to make sure it is there for retirees to come.

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Running in Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, and Oklahoma:

Tired
Voiceover: Hardworking Americans are tired of being called heartless. The Daschle campaign is at it again. They accused the citizens of -state- of wanting to end food stamps and not caring about the poor. Tell Tom Daschle that you're tired of working hard to feed your family only to be called heartless by tax-and-spend Washington DC liberals. Vote Quayle 2000.

Running in every state with a margin of 3 points or less:

Laboratories
Voiceover: State governments are the laboratories of innovation. Giving states the flexibility to run their own food stamps program with federal money is smart policy, and good for poor families. Tom Daschle voted to block giving states and families that flexibility. Republicans want to make life easier for the working class and we do that by giving states more freedoms to help their poor. That's a smart plan.

Anywhere Near Me
Blanche Lincoln: Bill Clinton was a philanderer, and I don't want him anywhere near me on the campaign trail...
*footage of Clinton's convention speech introducing Blanche Lincoln*
Voiceover: Blanche Lincoln is ready to condemn the President's...casual relationship....with the truth when it's politically beneficial. But the minute the Daschle-Lincoln ticket needs money or publicity, they rush to Bill Clinton's donors, they want him on stage at the convention. America doesn't need another White House ready to sell out its values. Vote Quayle 2000.

Can't Be Any Worse
*footage from Evansville, Indiana rally during primaries*
Daschle:It's time to recognize we don't live in a Cold War World anymore. While we don't know the intentions of Vladimir Putin, we do know he can't be any worse than the czars of old, or Josef Stalin.
Voiceover: Tom Daschle says he's ready to be commander-in-chief. We know anyone ready to threaten America's relationship with former Soviet nations by saying Putin (Daschle says:) "can't be any worse" isn't ready to be in the White House.

Running in Florida:

Market
Voiceover: The Republican plan allows seniors more flexibility in what they're going to do with their retirement. You can choose to invest a portion of your payroll tax, or stick with traditional Social Security. It's your choice, not the government's. That's the Republican Plan.

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Strategy Email to Volunteers

Democrats are on defense. The Daschle campaign has sent their running mate on an explanation tour of places that appreciate family values. They're trying to have it both ways. They want to claim Clinton's record on the economy while turning around and disowning the White House on moral grounds. Those two things are incompatible. The more we drag them off message, the more time and money they spend trying to defend Clinton's record on ethics, the more we're going to see the South solidify and values voters in Pennsylvania and Ohio swing our direction.
The nature of Americans for Opportunity is that it is a campaign-like entity. Your efforts as
volunteers will help pull the Vice President over the top and lead the nation to renewed prosperity.


Email to the 250 minority volunteers recruited in Ohio and Pennsylvania

We've made a lot of progress touting the GOP's strength on family values and education. Let's take that to the inner cities and dull Daschle's numbers in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Columbus, and Cleveland. If we pull off a significant portion of the African American vote, there is no path to the White House for Tom Daschle. Neither Democratic candidate can speak to minority voters. Daschle, a South Dakotan backroom dealer and Blanche Lincoln, an Arkansan. General Powell is a great addition to the GOP ticket and I hope to see the Republican Party, with your help, make history in November.


Infrastructure:
     -Paid canvassers are hitting 100 voters in inner cities in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania every
      other day.
     -Paid canvassers deployed into Arkansas.
     -Outreach phone calls to faith leaders in swing states.

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Running in California:

Commander In Chief
Voiceover: There is only one team in this presidential election ready to serve in the White House. That team is Quayle-Powell. Between them, a wealth of leadership experience. Quayle-Powell is ready to keep this country safe, provide clear leadership, and bring strength of character to the Oval Office.

Never Run Anything
Voiceover: Tom Daschle has never been in charge of anything. Without any executive experience, Tom Daschle makes the claim that he is ready to be President of the United States.It is important that the next President be prepared to keep our country safe. Tom Daschle is not that President.

Spend the Surplus
Voiceover: The United States has its first budgetary surplus in a long time. Rather than being responsible, promoting economic growth, and securing our country's future Daschle wants to spend the surplus.....on bike lanes. While leaving kids trapped in failing schools, Daschle wants to spend billions of dollars on the construction of bike lanes. That's an irresponsible use of taxpayer money. Vote Quayle 2000.

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Media Strategy

Karl Rove on O'Reilly. More interviews to come.



Rove Interview with O'Reilly

O'Reilly: Karl, great to have you on. You're showing courage that, apparently, no one in the Daschle campaign has. It's true folks! They're not coming on! So Rove, you read the Post. What're you thinking?

Rove: Well, Bill, you've seen a couple things things week. First, you've seen Clinton turn toxic because- *interrupted*

O'Reilly: Of course he has. He's always been toxic. The folks don't trust any adulterer!

Rove: Exactly, Bill. So the Daschle campaign's flimsy strategy of buddying up to the White House on economics and keeping the President's shady personal integrity at arm's length have failed entirely. That's part of why you've Lincoln's favorability go upside down.

O'Reilly: Yeah the whole philanderer comment was kind of...you know...it was weak. It made Blanche Lincoln look like a politician. What were they thinking with that one?

Rove: They wanted to put the integrity question to bed. Blanche Lincoln is on the ticket to be the not-politician, she was once seem as charming, likable, and a good Southerner. By making her play politics and attack the President on integrity, she hurt hers. We saw the real Blanche Lincoln recently.

O'Reilly: You know, Rove, you can really see that Daschle's been in DC a longtime when he doesn't understand that people don't like him buddying up to a guy who cheats on his wife. Okay, anyway, the Post talked a little bit about the idea that General Powell, Quayle's running mate, isn't up to being Vice President. What do you have to say about that?

Rove: That's just nonsense, Bill. He's been an OUTSTANDING citizen, serving his country faithfully and gaining a wealth of experience doing it. I think that it is offensive for the Daschle Campaign to suggest.

O'Reilly: Alright, thanks for coming on, Karl. Karl Rove, the executive director of Americans For Opportunity, everybody. They're doing a lot of good work to bring values and solutions for you, the folks, to Washington. You can find them at *contact information.*

Press Release

Mr. Rove recently met with Charles and David Koch, wealthy conservative donors. They have now backed the Americans for Opportunity group. Mr. Rove says, "We are looking forward to working with the Koch's as we seek to bring conservative values to the White House."

Infrastructure
     -Open up big office in Miami, Florida.
     -Paid canvassers in traditionally Democratic precincts of Florida
     -Recruitment goals of 100 Latino volunteers in Florida.

     -Minority volunteers launch door knocking campaign in Ohio, Pennsylvania
     -Phone banking in Ohio, Pennsylvania
     -Paid canvassers hitting swing areas in Ohio, Pennsylvania

     -Open large office in Albuquerque, New Mexico
     -Series of grassroots events across New Mexico
     -Collect volunteer info at events
     -100 minority volunteers recruitment goal
     -Paid canvassers go after blue areas of state

     -Purchase data, targeting info, voter database software
     -Begin implementing targeting software in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, and New Mexico.

Round 1 of Ads
First set in a series of ads to ran over the turn. Designed to continue going after the Daschle campaign. Running in states where margin is less than 2 points. Cozy Up and Mud are targeted to hit on the likability issue.

Cozy Up
Voiceover of mid-thirties sounding woman: I heard people on the news saying that Tom Daschle is more likable than Dan Quayle. I just can't believe that. People really think that someone who sells out his values and cozies up to a man who betrayed his wife, his daughter, and his country is more likable than a man with strong convictions and values? I don't think there is anything likable about Daschle's campaign.

Mud
Voiceover: Tom Daschle says he's more likable than Dan Quayle. Then, he turns around and pick Blanche Lincoln to be his running mate. Bill Clinton, the guy in the White House that betrayed his family, nominated Lincoln to be Daschle's running mate. Now, Blanche Lincoln is playing politics with her values. She loves him when he's popular and hate's him when he's not.

Bikes!
Middle-aged woman: I am a single mother and I lost my job. What will Senator Daschle do to help me feed my son?
*Clip of Daschle saying "Bike lanes"*
Elderly woman: Social security is facing tough times and my choices are limited. What is Tom Daschle doing if he's not reforming Social Security?
*Clip of Daschle saying "Bike lanes"*
Mid-30's Hispanic lady with Spanish accent: My daughter is trapped in a failing school. Her success has been determined by where we live. What will Tom Daschle do to fix America's failing schools and make opportunities available for minorities?
*Clip of Daschle saying "Bike lanes"*

Overseas
Voiceover: Tom Daschle doesn't understand economics. He voted for NAFTA...AND he wants to raise taxes on job creators. This just doesn't make sense. Daschle want to make it easier for countries to move overseas AND punishing them for staying in America. He might as well ask manufacturing workers to buy their moving ticket. A vote for Tom Daschle is a vote to ship America's industry out of our country.



Strategic Email to Volunteers
My friends,
     Polling this week shows we've got them on the ropes. Lincoln has turned toxic and Daschle's getting weaker. With Lincoln's favorability in the tank, Daschle can practically kiss the South goodbye. He won't be competitive Arkansas. Period. 58% of West Virginians think Daschle wants a war on coal. He's done.
     We need to continue pushing our message on education to non-traditional GOP voters. The Daschle campaign trying to paint the Vice President as un-intellectual has been demonstrated as a poor political move and as a moot point. Daschle obviously has no understanding of economics if he supports both free trade and a more regulated domestic economy. The Rust Belt needs to understand that.
     The most basic and narrow path to victory that I, personally, see is keeping every current Quayle state, winning Ohio and Pennsylvania, and one other swing state that isn't Nevada. We'll need your help. Keep fighting for opportunity, keep fighting for Quayle.
                                           
                                                             -Karl

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Running in states with less than 2% percent margin

Bringing Him Up
Lincoln: Bill Clinton was a philanderer, and I don't want him anywhere near me.
Lincoln: What you should take away from last week isn't that Bill Clinton is a philanderer.
*Clip of Clinton Nomination Speech*
Lincoln: I wasn't Bill Clinton's choice.
Lincoln: The four of us may not like Bill Clinton.
Lincoln: You want solutions to problems that will take more than one administration to solve, that took the efforts of Bill Clinton
Lincoln: The system of impeachment is broken.
Lincoln: We don't need another Clinton debacle.
Lincoln: Bill Clinton was a philanderer, and I don't want him anywhere near me.
Ominous Text On Screen: How does Blanche Lincoln really feel?

Rust
Lincoln: We've learned our lesson since NAFTA.
Lincoln: Detroit Metropolitan Area has been in decline for years.
Voiceover: President Clinton's philandering has shaken trust in the White House. American manufacturing is in decline. People are losing jobs. But what does Tom Daschle's running mate Blanche Lincoln have to say about it?
Lincoln: I can't promise we'll do any better.
Text On Screen: Dashle-Lincoln can't do much better. But America can. Vote Quayle 2000.



Chairman Haley Barbour on Fox News Sunday

Chris Wallace: It's great to have you back on the show, Mr. Barbour.
Barbour: Oh it's great to be here, Chris. You know, I've always said that Fox News Sunday has the best Green Room Scotch in television news.

Wallace: Hahaha! That's great to hear! So, Haley, there has been drama recently on the campaign trail about the organization you chair, Americans for Opportunity. Coming right out of the mouth of Senator Daschle's running mate, Blanche Lincoln. She named your colleague Karl Rove on the stump regarding an interview he did on this network. Thoughts?

Barbour: Well, you know, this has a been a very difficult time for Senator Lincoln. I've taken to calling her "the shovel" because she somehow manages to just keep digging, and digging herself into a hole. Now, Ronald Reagan won 49 states. And I doubt Walter Mondale had a 24 point approval gap. I have never, in my time in politics, seen a candidate be so disliked and still considered competitive.

Wallace: Well, Senator Daschle is the top of the ticket. How do you think this affects him?

Barbour: Now, Chris, I know it is both of our jobs to explore the political repercussions of the veep nominee. Where do they boost the ticket, what constituencies do they reach out to. But it is the most important thing to remember that the veep nominee may have to serve as Vice President. That means Tom Daschle trusts this woman to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. The most powerful person in the world. This creates a serious and grave concern about his judgement.

Wallace: So you believe that Lincoln's choice to be Vice President shows weakness in Tom Daschle's ability to be President?

Barbour: Absolutely. Lincoln was a completely political pick. She was picked to bring women who Clinton scared off back to the Democratic camp and she was meant to turn the south purple. Tom Daschle nominated her to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency for purely political reasons.

Wallace: Wow, that's a pretty astounding accusation, Haley.

Barbour: I wanna tell you, and the American people to check the facts. 2 years as a Senator in a state that doesn't like you doesn't qualify you to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency.

Wallace: I'm sorry, Haley, but I'm gonna have to break. We look forward to having you back on soon.

Barbour: Chris, it really was my pleasure. I'll meet you in the Green Room after the show. Hahahaha!




Running in states with a 3 point or less margin.

Judgement
*Clips from the anti-Lincoln ads*
Voiceover: Someday, a running mate may have to serve as Vice President. Tom Daschle chose this woman, Blanche Lincoln. She is a first-term Senator from Arkansas, and a majority of voters disapprove of her. Tom Daschle thinks someone who is ready to compromise their values, vote against jobs, and play politics with integrity is ready to be President, should the worst happen. Tell Tom Daschle that his judgement is wrong. Lincoln is ready for the White House. And America's not ready for Tom Daschle. Vote Quayle 2000.

Circus Cabinet
Voiceover: When a President is elected, he picks his Cabinet, a team of officials responsible for running the country. Tom Daschle chose Blanche Lincoln to be his Vice President, a pick that has turned out to be a disaster. So, we're asking. What will Tom Daschle's cabinet look like? Does he have the judgement necessary to pick a team for a new American Millenium? With a pick like Blanche Lincoln, that's for the voters to decide.

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Running in New Mexico, California, Colorado, Nevada, and Arizona:

Fix It
Voiceover: Vice President Quayle recently laid out a responsible vision for our broken immigration system. Quayle wants to strengthen the border, grant legal residence to those who have built lives here in the United States, and help immigrants assimilate into the United States better. It's a responsible vision that keeps families together, let's immigrants become part of our society, and strengthens the American Dream.


Press Release

The Silicon Valley Leadership Group has announced their support of Americans for Opportunity. Knowing the valuable contributions immigrants make to the American economy, tech entrepreneurs are ready to back the pro-growth, pro-immigration reform candidacy of Dan Quayle.

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OOC: I'm loving how much you're saying the word "philanderer."

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Running in states with less than 2 point margin:

Represent

Lincoln: Bill Clinton was a philanderer, and I don't want him anywhere near me.
Daschle at Announcement Speech: I am the candidate that will best represent the Clinton era!
Lincon: We don't need another Clinton debacle.
Daschle: I am the candidate that will best represent the Clinton era!
*clip of Clinton signing NAFTA*
*pictures of abandoned factories*
Voiceover: Tom Daschle wants to take the worst ideas of the Democratic Party and the worst ideas of the Clinton Administration and put them into action. America can't afford to send more jobs overseas and compromise our values. Vote Quayle 2000

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AFO Deputy Director Mike Duncan on Fox Report w/Shepard Smith

Smith: Hello, Mr. Duncan it's good to have you on.

Duncan: It's great to be here Shep.

Smith: You know, your organization, Americans For Opportunity, has been a very strong supporter of the Quayle campaign. On this network, your boss, Karl Rove, commented on the buzz that Colin Powell's not ready to be Vice President. We saw General Powell come out on a speaking tour this week. Any thoughts on that?

Duncan: Oh my yes, Shep. General Powell this week showed that he was the man that is ready to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. After living a life of service, he's ready to take it to Washington.

Smith: Anything thoughts on developments regarding highly controversial veep nominee Blanche Lincoln?

Duncan: Heh heh, I don't really think we can call her controversial. There isn't much controversy, she's just deeply, deeply disliked. Her waffling, flip flopping, and general ineptitude raises a lot of questions, not only about her readiness to serve, but about Senator Daschle's judgement.

Smith: That's exactly what I wanted to ask you about. Another member of AFO, Haley Barbour former RNC chair, made a charge against Tom Daschle's judgement also on this network. Let's watch.                      *plays clip*

Do you believe that Chairman Barbour is correct in that assertion?

Duncan: Absolutely, if Daschle is elected, he's going to be responsible for picking a team and making decisions. Since he's been a lifelong politicians, he hasn't had to make many decisions. So far his track record of overall judgement includes two things: 1. Running for president, and 2. Picking Blanche Lincoln to be his vice president. Not looking good for a Daschle White House.

Smith: Time for the vocabulary portion of the quiz, what do you think, as a campaign professional, of Senator Lincoln's repeated use of the word, "philanderer" when describing the sitting President?

Duncan: Oh, Shep, this campaign doesn't have its head on the right way around. Constantly drawing attention back to the President's lack of integrity isn't good for their campaign. This just once again goes to show you that there is no guiding sense of judgement within the Daschle campaign.

Smith: It's been good having you, Mr. Duncan. Hope to have you back on.

Duncan: My pleasure, Shep.

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AFO Conference Call

Rove: Everyone,, Haley should be on soon. He's coming.

Donor 1: Thanks, Karl.

*Haley Barbour joins call*

Barbour: Ohhhh baby. We're almost there. How ya doin' everybody?

Rove: Hi Haley, doing great.

Donor 1: Afternoon, Haley.

Donor 2: Welcome!

Duncan: Hello, Haley.

Rove: Sorry to cut you all off, but we have some field reps from our campaign offices in crucial,
targeted states. Ohio, you start.

Ohio Field Rep: Here in Ohio we've been teaming with our neighbors to the east, Pennsylvania, to break core Democratic constituencies. We've focused on reaching traditionally deep blue parts of the state. We've adopted the tone of the national campaign and the national organization in our advertising and mailings. To augment our minority outreach efforts, we've been using a legion of minority volunteers and paid canvassers. We've completed around 300,000 direct voter contacts now. By the time election day rolls around, we'll have made nearly half a million direct voter contacts. That means face-to-face appeals to well over 10% of the electorate in Ohio. About 65% of those contacts are focused in minority communities in places like Columbus, Cleveland, Columbus, and so on. The remaining voter contacts are among traditional swing voters that every campaign targets. I'll let my friend from Pennsylvania take over from here.

Pennsylvania Field Rep: Allow me first to detail the fruits of our labor. Our numbers are showing that we're polling from 20-22% in the deepest blue part of the start, Philadelphia County. In the southwestern part of the state, at the start of this thing we were projecting a 42.5% average in the region. Today, our data show's us polling at 45% average in the region. That alone could be enough to flip the state. By whittling down Daschle's margins where he should be polling at 55-60%, we're making him either play defense or lose his base. We're budgeting for a very very strong advertising, barnstorming, and targeted voter pick-up right before the election in the southeastern to eastern part of the state. With AFO's efforts, Pennsylvania is going Republican this year.

Rove: Taking a break from the raw data and numbers thinking, let me say a little something about messaging. Americans for Opportunity have been critical in shaping the narrative of this election. These are very rough numbers, but the general rule of thumb in politics is that each of you all start off with 40% and you fight over the other 20%. Because of our direct ad viewing, meaning just our advertising spending not any sort of longterm shift in narrative, his 40% is now about 38.5%. We've turned part of the liberal base into swing voters because of Daschle's failure of judgement.

Barbour: Karl if I could just cut in a moment. I've been in politics for  long time, ladies and gentlemen, and I can honestly say I have never seen a more thin-skinned candidate than Daschle. The utter lack of discipline is just great. No swing voter wants a wuss in the White House. Especially when that wuss has the most unlikable figure in American politics on his ticket. We've devastated any effort to expand the map on Daschle's part.

Rove: Exactly, Hailey. Blanche Lincoln was brought on the ticket to win over disaffected former Clinton supporters, women offended by his philandering and southerners who are trending Republican, and make the South competitive. They were looking move a couple of swing voters in critical states while painting the South purple. Well, that's no longer the case. The Lincoln Problem is looking to be incredibly profitable for AFO and the Quayle Campaign. Now, back to our field reps.

Florida Rep: We're following the Pennsylvania and Ohio model. We got a lot of statewide coverage for our attack on the Democratic senate candidate. The McCollum campaign has ran away with the narrative, hammering his opponent for "wanting to let Social Security go bankrupt." We're going after Cuban voters really hard and focusing on light blue areas. We're looking to make around 600,000 direct voter contacts by election day. We've placed a very heavy emphasis on utilizing data and targeting to weaken Daschle's foundation in the state.

New Mexico Field Rep: We're doing much of the same thing but our primary focus is on messaging. With Quayle's immigration and education policies, we're making very significant inroads into Latino communities. With the national campaign seeming to be doing well among white voters, our state organization will turn the Quayle machine into a political behemoth across the country.

Rove: Alright, thank you all for being here. This call's run a little long so we're gonna close it and continue the conversation next time. Thank you all!

[Potus]

Running this ad in states with less than 5 point margins:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yr7odFUARg

Replace everything Hillary with Quayle. Except for "approve this message" that's illegal.

[Potus]

Running in West Virginia:

Family
Voiceover: There are a lot of distractions in life. But what makes it worth are your connections with other human beings. Most importantly, the person you fall in love with and the family you raise with them. Dan Quayle honors that commitment to the family. He'll bring that common sense of character back to the White House come November. Vote Quayle 2000

Coal
Voiceover: Tom Daschle has declared a War on Coal. He wants to force more and more coal miners to lose their jobs. Daschle's regulations would lead to the collapse of the West Virginia economy. When you vote in November, vote jobs, vote Quayle.

Guns
Voiceover: The radical liberal Democrats have taken over. This isn't your grandaddy's Democratic Party anymore. This is the Democratic Party that wants to ban all gun ownership, like they did in the District of Columbia. The Second Amendment is a crucial liberty, and one that West Virginians take seriously. So when you vote in November, vote values, vote Quayle.

[Potus]

All ads that haven't ran in California now running in California. Edited to account for change of state.

[Potus]

AfO Volunteers Recruit Young People

Volunteers from Americans for Opportunity have launched an effort called, "Students For Opportunity." These groups are founded on college campuses to promote the mission of AfO in growing the economy and strengthening our country. Students for Opportunity meets weekly and we've added 500 dues-paying students in swing states across the country. They will be independently organizing doorknocking, phonebanking, and small-time paid contact efforts even after election day.

Addition to Minority Grassroots Army

AfO has raised an additional 300 targeted volunteers and 1,200 volunteers outside of targeted areas. We've put $100,000 into paid canvassing and voter contact to dull Daschle's numbers among African Americans in the South. Rove said, "The Southern Strategy was a success in the 60's, 70's, and 80's but now it must be changed and adapted. By shrinking the Democratic base in the South, we're keeping it red for years to come."

Americans For Opportunity discloses Relationship with For-Profit Research Firms
Rove says, "We hired the Perry & Smith Research firm to conduct our opposition research for the 2000 campaign. They've been a joy to work with and have turned up some very revealing information. They were our largest research vendor alongside 6 other research firms, all with the mission of revealing that which the Democrats would rather us not know."

*2 different emails sent, without subject, without body, only an attachment reading "Oppo1" and "Oppo2" to reporters at New York Times and Washington Post, respectively*

OOC: Julio, it's your choice what's in the documents. I would rather them be lighter stuff, nothing October-surprise in them just some credibility-damaging, message-knocker-offer stuff. I would like to have one more tidbit which IS October-surprise worthy. /end OOC

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Mailer to Union Households Across the Country

OOC: I am not writing out the whole mailer but I'm gonna put the talking points here. /end OOC

-Daschle wants to make it easier for jobs to move overseas, AND raise taxes to make them go
-Bikes lanes won't put food on the table
-People want to know that their leaders have integrity, Clinton and Daschle disappoint.
-Quayle brings honor to the office, protects and creates jobs, supports a good education for every
child







*Unconnected to Americans for Opportunity*
Tom Daschle Truth PAC formed

A shadowy, 501(c)4 organization has been formed with 10 million in contributions from anonymous donors. They're self proclaimed mission is to, "Make sure Tom Daschle tells the truth about his radical liberal ideology, his service(or lack thereof) in the Air Force, and the damage he hopes to do to our great nation." The

The group is reserving media space in key media markets across the country. Campaign finance reform advocates are weary, watching the group closely. The group has already sent a fundraising letter with the signature of Russell E. Dougherty, former commander-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command.

[Potus]

So... Update?

[Potus]

I would like to see an update, even if the next one is election day.


Tom Daschle Truth PAC launches 10 million dollar buy for the week before Election Day

Message of the ad:
     -Chairman of the Truth PAC Russell Dougherty declares that Daschle acted dishonorably in the Air Force
     -Says that Daschle should apologize to all of the veterans he dishonors by exploiting his service
     -Claims that as a Senator, Daschle utilized his power to POSSIBLY suppress knowledge of dishonorable behavior.