When Hillary Clinton began mounting her comeback during the 2008 Democratic primary, it was Barack Obama’s turn – this time from the mouth of Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez on CNN: I’m not sure we’re going to see a lot from him and Bill Clinton is going to rise to–to the surface and be the leader of the party.” – Craig Crawford (January 1, 2001) “Well, I think Al Gore is sort of the Etch-A-Sketch man. The news media has also used the phrase to describe political figures themselves.Īfter the 2000 presidential election was finally resolved, Craig Crawford – then Editor in Chief of the Hotline – was asked by CBS’ Bryant Gumbal what the New Year had in store for Al Gore after his devastating defeat:
And they say, look, take the Etch A Sketch, go like this, let’s start over, let’s do incremental things where there’s common ground.” – Representative Peter Roskam (February 25, 2010) “I’ll tell you what, a year’s worth of work, and this is what is come up with? The American public, as far as the ones that I have heard from, are vehemently opposed to this. Representative Peter Roskam of the state’s 6th CD offered up the toy as a solution to resolve the divide on the issue on Capitol Hill: Within hours, Romney’s competitors were displaying and handing out Etch A Sketches at campaign events, the toy was trending on Twitter, and the company’s PR spokeswoman issued a statement about the brouhaha.īut this isn’t the first time the Ohio Art Company’s famous toy has been thrust into the political debate.Ī little over two years ago, during President Barack Obama’s bipartisan meeting on health care reform insurance coverage, Illinois Republican U.S. You have to do that in order to become the nominee…” – Eric Fehrnstrom (March 21, 2012) But I will say, if you look at the exit polling data in Illinois, you’ll see that Mitt Romney is broadly acceptable to most of the factions in the party. You can kind of shake it up and restart all of over again. “Well, I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Potato Head gaffe?” ( Christian Science Monitor), and “Etch A Sketch Mania Takes Hold of Campaign Conversation” (ABC News), a statement by Mitt Romney’s communications director Eric Fehrnstrom has launched a media feeding frenzy, and one of America’s top toy companies into the heart of a fractured Republican Party primary.įehrnstrom was asked by CNN’s John Fugelsang on Wednesday whether the campaign was concerned Romney was being pushed so far to the right by his primary challengers that it would ultimately hurt him in the general election with moderates. With headlines like “The Etch-A-Sketch Candidate” ( Hardball), “The Etch A Sketch Campaign” (POLITICO), “Etch-A-Sketch: Can Mitt Romney shake off his aide’s Mr. Al Gore and Barack Obama have both been likened to the classic Ohio Art Company toy
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