![]() So how is Elizabeth Warren supposed to know that? That’s what campaign staffs are paid to do, research the opponent’s claims. The Boston Globe found: “On the most important, news-generating votes since he arrived in office in early 2010, Brown joined Republican leaders 76 percent of the time, according to an analysis by Project Vote Smart, a nonpartisan organization.” Even if that were true, and it’s not, Warren should’ve pointed out that one of Brown’s first votes was to defeat the Obama health care reform law. It often contains data and studies which cannot be confirmed at the time the Gallop occurs.įor example, Brown repeatedly said at the last debate that he voted 50 percent of time with the Democrats, 50 percent with the GOP. He unleashes a blizzard of charges, claims, statistics, and exaggerations to confuse and paralyze the questioner. Regardless of whether his handlers are aware of the Gallop, Brown employs it at debates or when confronting tough questions from reporters. This onslaught may contain a tiny fact here or there, which makes the Galloper sound plausible and prevents the opponent from dismissing the whole thing as crazy or false. Named for the creationist proselytizer Duane Gish, it consists of intentionally throwing as many charges, lies, half-truths, and distortions as possible in a single comment or answer. The Gish Gallop is a debate tactic I recently learned about at the blog Daily Kos. As he might say, the issue isn’t abortion, it’s honesty. He says that she’s anti-union, wrong about pulling out of Afghanistan, and he runs ads saying he’s pro-choice even though the largest pro-life group in the state has endorsed him. He’s attacked her on immigration, saying she wants to give driver’s licenses and in-state college tuition rates to illegal immigrants. He’s also been given a pass on his support for Mitt Romney in a state that is going to give President Obama a 20-point victory.īrown is still taking the campaign to Warren on a wide range of issues. He’s been allowed to run unchallenged as a bipartisan, independent Republican. How did this happen? Time and again, the Warren campaign has ceded to Brown the terms of the decision facing voters. Scott Brown to the point where the most discussed issue in the campaign is Elizabeth Warren’s Native American ancestry. With one month to go, what once promised to be the most significant Senate election in the country has been trivialized by U.S. (Christopher Evans/The Boston Herald, AP/Pool) Scott Brown, right, and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren, left, arrive for a debate in Lowell on Oct. Twitter facebook Email This article is more than 9 years old.
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