Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Friday, November 03, 2006
It's Working
I'm seeing this type of statement about the GOP virtually everywhere that I read about campaign strategy for the midterms:
The Wall Street Journal tops its worldwide newsbox with President Bush campaigning in places traditionally thought as safe Republican strongholds.

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Yesterday, the president visited Montana, where he tried to rally his base by warning them Democrats would block his judicial nominations, raise taxes, make the country less safe, and give up on Iraq. According to Slate's Election Scorecard, Montana has now joined Missouri, Tennessee, and Virginia as one of the "tossup states" that will determine who controls the Senate.

Contrary to previous midterm elections, the president's final campaign blitz will not be very ambitious, and he will only travel to carefully chosen places where his party won big in 2004 and Republicans believe his presence could make a difference
Yes the GOP is in trouble. And yes, Bush is radioactive.

But can anyone really doubt that Howard Dean's fifty state strategy isn't already paying off? The Republicans are being successfully pressured all over the country which is draining them of resources that they normally would dump into "contested races". Howard Dean is one of the brightest political strategist the Dems have and we should continue to support him in his work as the head of the Democratic Party (as opposed to the Congressional campaign committees who have been fighting Dean tooth and nail).
Written at 9:50 AM by Greyhair.
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