Taking strategies from the Republican playbook blew up in Democrat Alan Grayson’s face when he lost his race for a Florida House seat. He became well known outside his Florida district through his inflammatory attacks. His aim seemed to be countering right wing extremism by becoming a left wing extremist. Grayson’s intense positions didn’t win enough votes for reelection, and in a midterm postmortem he derided his party’s technique of bipartisanship as "appeasement".
Punches thrown by Grayson
U.S Rep Alan Grayson was a rich lawyer in Orlando, Fla. when he ran for Congress in 2008. He has had troubles with those who opposed him from day one. The saying, "Don't get sick and if you do get sick, die quickly," is the Republican alternatives to the health care bill. "K street whore" and "Bozo the Spokesman" are a couple of of terms Grayson has been caught using when refereeing to those who hold different views of his own.
"Taliban Dan" and it's misshaped idea
This term is to mark the end of Grayson. "Taliban Dan" was the term he tried giving his opponent, FL legislature for 28-years, Daniel Webster. That may are one of the things that annihilated Grayson. He didn't just loose he lost by a 17 point margin.
Democrats at fault as outlined by Grayson
A week after his resounding defeat, Webster was still in the national spotlight, throwing more bombs. The Democrats 60-seat setback had been also being contradicted by him. While most pundits are saying that the Democrats tried to do too much, Grayson said Democrats weren’t aggressive enough. He feels the they tried to just appease people instead of being as fierce as they should have been.
Citations
Politico
politico.com/news/stories/1110/44715.html
Miami Herald
miamiherald.com/2010/11/02/1905330/grayson-loses-central-fla-congressional.html
Democracy Now
democracynow.org/seo/2010/11/5/rep_alan_grayson_bi_partisanship_has
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