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Here's my problem with Republican strategy in the house: we always seem to go after conservatives and moderates who will vote with us most of the time anyway. In 1994, we won 52 House seats and 8 Senate seats, but our victories came over mostly moderates, which allowed the liberal wing of the Democratic party to re-energize themselves for future elections. We have to go after the heart of the beast wherever possible. My favorite target: Loreta Sanchez of CA's 39th District, Bob Dornan's old stomping grounds. Sanchez refused to cast a vote wishing President Reagan a happy 90th birthday. Let's go after some vulnerable liberals in '04.

In the meantime, we should be discussing potential running mates for Bush in '04. I love Cheney, but his health is questionable and he doesn't bring a state or a demographic group. Maybe we could recast him as Secretary of Defense. Possible choices that I like are Rep. Chris Cox (CA) and Gov. Mark Schweiker (PA).

Jeb08, I agree with that to a certain extent, but if we can knock off most of the relatively moderate Democrats it's much easier to cast them as an extremist party. There are about 30 Blue Dog Democrat Reps out there, and about ten of them had very close races in 2002. I think we have the resources to do both, take down some of the moderates to get to 235 in the House (yes, I know this is a Senate thread, but . . .) which would leave the D's under 200, and field strong challenges to a whole bunch of liberals, which would ensure that our message gets out to everybody which will at the very least help with statewide races.

Sanchez is a 2-for-1, being a liberal Blue Dog!!!