What Did He Say and When Did He Say It - Smart Dems Don't Want To Know!
When Scooter Libby was indicted last week, I was working in a building where radio reception is poor and news tends to trickle in slowly with the arrival of individuals. I heard about the indictment first-hand over my car radio, but subsequent "hear-say" updates were not very accurate. At one point someone said they had just heard on the radio that Vice President Cheney was going to resign.
The statement gave me pause and flashbacks to 1973 and Spiro Agnew's departure. But then a very ominous and depressing reality settled over me (until I realized the story was false). My gloom was quickly noted by a co-worker who, knowing my total lack of fondness for the current administration, was perplexed why I would be saddened to see Cheney booted out of Veepdom. The answer is very simple.
With heir apparent like Tom DeLay and Bill Frist on the ropes, the departure of Cheney (who stands about as much a chance of succeeding his boss/protege as I do of having a drinking party with Jerry Falwell) would open the bully pulpit of the Vice Presidency to someone Like John McCain or Rudy G who could win in 2008!
It clear from Bush's ever-sinking popularity and the failure of the Harriet Meirs nomination that Falwell, Fox and Friends are spinning off into their own little fog of ultraconservatism and the illusion that they can actually influence more than 27% of the electorate.
Smart Republicans know that victory in '06 and '08 will mean getting out bed with the fundys and trying to find a safe spot in the middle of the road, or at least in the right lane with a lean towards the center. They also know a visible VP who has mastered the English language to say "one hundred percent," instead of "ah-hundredth purse enith" like their boss, could look incredibly attractive to voters of both parties.
The coming weeks and months will tell but in the meantime, Dems would do well to let their wounded adviser languish in the unending spotlight of cynical scrutiny and find good high middle ground on issues like energy prices, disaster recovery and Iraq.
I believe Bush won both times because he played the underdog to the hearts of the American people. No one likes it when someone beats a dog that's already down.
The statement gave me pause and flashbacks to 1973 and Spiro Agnew's departure. But then a very ominous and depressing reality settled over me (until I realized the story was false). My gloom was quickly noted by a co-worker who, knowing my total lack of fondness for the current administration, was perplexed why I would be saddened to see Cheney booted out of Veepdom. The answer is very simple.
With heir apparent like Tom DeLay and Bill Frist on the ropes, the departure of Cheney (who stands about as much a chance of succeeding his boss/protege as I do of having a drinking party with Jerry Falwell) would open the bully pulpit of the Vice Presidency to someone Like John McCain or Rudy G who could win in 2008!
It clear from Bush's ever-sinking popularity and the failure of the Harriet Meirs nomination that Falwell, Fox and Friends are spinning off into their own little fog of ultraconservatism and the illusion that they can actually influence more than 27% of the electorate.
Smart Republicans know that victory in '06 and '08 will mean getting out bed with the fundys and trying to find a safe spot in the middle of the road, or at least in the right lane with a lean towards the center. They also know a visible VP who has mastered the English language to say "one hundred percent," instead of "ah-hundredth purse enith" like their boss, could look incredibly attractive to voters of both parties.
The coming weeks and months will tell but in the meantime, Dems would do well to let their wounded adviser languish in the unending spotlight of cynical scrutiny and find good high middle ground on issues like energy prices, disaster recovery and Iraq.
I believe Bush won both times because he played the underdog to the hearts of the American people. No one likes it when someone beats a dog that's already down.
posted by Mark Crouch at 3:37 PM
1 Comments:
Middle of the road repub???? Can you say McCain??
Couldn't agree with your more about repubs needing to distance themselves from the fundamentalist right. What started off well has caved in around the Oval Office.
Actually, with many elections today, I see republicans on all levels finding trouble.
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