[TigersEye]

the campaign has started, and criticisms now will only help the dems.

Right. The only way to convince the fence sitters is to show them that we support our man no matter what. Show them that the candidate is more important than the policy. Give 'em a clear difference between a Republicans and a Democrats.

... once we win the election, we can start criticizing the policies again.

Obviously when he has no elections to face he will be far more compliant with the concerns of his 'base.'

[Sloth]

Obviously when he has no elections to face he will be far more compliant with the concerns of his 'base.'

LOL... That's right, nothing is more likely to make a politician listen to his constituents than a complete lack of accountability.

[drhogan]

i sent an e-mail to karl rove at the bush campaign pointing out that bush's spending and immigration policies might lose his conservative base. but we should be supporting bush against kerry in the mass media.
right now, the liberal media will be glad to print conservative criticisms of bush, because they want kerry to win.