richardhutnik said:
In a very general sense. If it is made personal, then people usually won't vote for the candidate, PARTICULARLY individuals running for congress. How about a candidate who runs on raising everyone's taxes and bring back less money from Washington? |
Usually this kind of strategy works for someone in an executive position (President, Governor, Party leader in parliamentary system) because it is presented as dealing with a serious problem using real leadership. I’m not certain it would work as a senator or congressman because they have limited ability to deliver on their promise.
With that said, if you presented it as the United States is on the path to the same kind of financial crisis as Europe unless the deficit and debt is tackled immediately you could probably argue for (just about) anything and be successful.
