Indeed, Mr. Rove's remarks sounded as if he was road-testing themes for the president to use when the war is over and he embarks on the campaign trail.
To avoid the risk of overexposure and early scrutiny, he is operating in a cautious, low-key fashion, building allies among Republicans by doling out money to candidates from his political action committee and testing themes on donors and other supporters with limited news coverage.
One way was to allow the administration "to completely overpower the debate based on, 'I'm the commander in chief, and I know what's best.' " As he road-tests themes for a possible campaign, he argues that his party is running low on ideas for the country's future, so fixated has it been on the threat of terrorism and maintaining itself in power.
Templates are created to generate and test themes in a logical manner, enabling major themes and subthemes to be generated.
We will use a sequential focus groups and analysis process so that the later focus groups can be informed by and test themes emerging from the earlier focus group discussions.
While it's tempting to make comparisons with O Brother, Where Art Thou? (the musical thread seems to bind them together), this is closer in tone to the tested antihero theme of A Serious Man.
Interviews were analyzed using a constant comparative method that identified and tested emerging themes [ 17, 18].
The theoretical framework was tested using themes, pattern matching and replication logic.
The goal is to raise money and recruit volunteers, but they also test a theme that underscores her sex.
The Tramp At Piraeus is the literary equivalent of a maestro flexing his fingers, testing his theme with a few chords and melody lines before plunging into the main piece.
The center will create and test new theme park attractions before they're installed around the world.
