to "steal" the Democrat party right out from under the Clinton people, and when they focus this same capability on a Republican target, they can be effective
Um what are they going to do when they have to run competitive races in 100 districts instead of 1? What most people miss is the Deaniacs are effective in a micro sense. The assumption that they can raise the kind of money to effective in a MACRO sense is an unwarranted assumption. The Repbos figured they had a lock and the Dims went full scale propaganda about this "Iraqi War Vet" Candidate. They ran the most conservative sounding candidate they could find against a RINO and STILL lost despite their full court press. Considering the Dims desperation to win ANYTHING just to prop up their fading base their "Crowing" is just the same old whistling pass the graveyard antics of Democrats engage in any time they lose.
I understand, and it is easy to cast aspersions. But, the 2004 round went to us partly because of the Blogosphere working to counter the Left Wing Press and mainly because of new Get out the Vote tactics that caused the the Dem's blindsided.
In Brown, the neighborhood network was up and running and made a good showing for a special election, but got blindsided by the Dem Get out the Vote effort.
We can see this as a fluke, or a reason for concern.
And as we know, when it comes down to it, national elections are actually turning on a very few districts in all reality. So a concentration tactic can win the day, especially if they made a combination of fighting the Major fronts and singling out just a few "safe" seats for blind side attacks.