the potential negative effect here is that his comments would make some people in the center mad at all liberals, and inspire them to vote Republican
It's May. The election's in November. And furthermore, it was a pundit not a politician who said it, so it can't really be thrown in anyone's face in October. No one's going to still remember this by then. Not even people who might actually really care, and certainly not the vast majority of the population that barely listens to this stuff, has their emotional reaction, and then moves on.
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Date: 2012-05-29 06:12 am (UTC)It's May. The election's in November. And furthermore, it was a pundit not a politician who said it, so it can't really be thrown in anyone's face in October. No one's going to still remember this by then. Not even people who might actually really care, and certainly not the vast majority of the population that barely listens to this stuff, has their emotional reaction, and then moves on.