we will win because....

[private_ryan]

I'm not looking for talking points or wishful thinking. Be honest and say what issue is going to resonate with the average people.

the scariest part is the Supreme Court judges the winner will have to appoint. The economy and most other things can be eventually fixed, but another Scalia will be there for 40 years.

[GainesT1958]

1. I'll sum it up:

We'll win because, THIS year, the "Silent Majority" is solidly behind US!:D

:kick:

B-)

[osaMABUSh]

2. I had an experience today that reflects what's really going on

out there.

I have a "Defend America, Defeat Bush" bumper sticker on my car and while stuck in traffic today the guy in the car next to me yelled:
"Hey! I'm a Veteran!" I thought this could be bad or good then he says "I agree completely with your bumper sticker!"

I gave him the V for Victory sign and told him Thanks.

[tedoll78]

3. People like to point at the economy as one of their reasons..

I think a big part of that is the deficit.

We saw how powerful that issue was in 1992; it gave Ross Perot 19% of the popular vote back then.. and he was a one-issue candidate on that issue.

I suspect that this deficit is hanging in the back of everyone's minds. I suspect that there are a number of fiscal conservatives who are privately horrified at the fact that a Republican president & a Republican Congress ran-up these deficits. Ask any classic conservatives you know: Would they have tolerated this from Clinton? the hemming and hawing on their answer tells you everything you need to know.

Ordinary people know that a deficit will need to be paid-back at some point in the future. The main question then becomes: do we do the responsible thing - do we pay it off now? Or do we do the other thing - pay it off later, but with interest and even higher tax rates?

I think it's a whopper of an issue, and I wish the Dems would hammer this point a bit more.

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You Scalia comment: AMEN.

Right now, the average term served on the U.S. Supreme Court is approximately 18 years. Assuming that only two justices retire from 2005-2009, we'd be looking at an average of 36 years of court votes. If Stevens were to drop-dead, or if Ginsberg were to have a recurrence of her cancer.. we'd be in for some scaaaary times.

Should Bush end-up back in for the next four years, all Democratic senators will be getting a call from me on the first day of their session in 2005. A simple message from me:
"You filibuster Scalia clones, or I don't show-up to the polls ever again. You need me. I am your party's archetypical core voter."