Your post made me think of something.
Our guys just fall apart when they are accused of something. They feel obliged to defend these attacks because hopefully they are men and women of character. However, that's where we lose it every time.
Somebody needs to get control of this and teach how to avoid getting side tracked by snipe attacks. We could take a lesson from Arnold.
We need to include this "fix" in our '08 strategy.
I like your terms.
Speaking of strategy, our side needs to read von Clawswitz. The Democrats understand that war is politics by other means. We think if we make nicey-nice, the other side will stop trying to transform our country into a dictatorship of the proleteriat.
The worst thing is when we nominate "electable" RINO's because we need the numbers. They ultimately undermine our credibility, force bizarre policies, and get involved in some form of scandal. All of this simply gives the leftists real ammunition to call us fiscally irresponsible, corrupt and more interested in protecting our own than protecting congressional pages.