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2012. E.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics. Alana Moceri. Confessions of a Political Junkie. JoeTrippi. We knew when we picked our September book club selection, Bob Woodward’s “The Price of Politics” that the book was the talk of the town in Washington. What we didn’t know is that it would feature prominently in a new Romney campaign ad. On Sunday, the Romney team released “Mute Button” which takes a scene in The Price of Politics and asks “if the President cannot even lead his own party, how can he lead America?” Watch the ad below: Here’s the background. During the debt ceiling negotiations last summer the President was regularly in communications with Congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.

Now Pelosi disputes this, saying last week “That didn’t happen” and she released a statement after the Romney ad which said “As speaker and as Democratic leader, any call from the president would be treated with great formality and respect.” Here’s what I think. We know the negotiations were heated and there was a lot of back and forth. Maybe- if they were able to fit it into a larger story. ACE Electoral Knowledge Network.