[section9]

What I suspect is this.

For the past six months, Dean has driven the center of the Democratic Party away from the center itself. Well, as night follows day, this left the center open to Bush and Rove. Bush's spending programs are designed to hold that center and force Kerry, Edwards, or Dean to run to Bush's left.

These three can't call for less government spending, they can only call for more! Bush can claim that compared to what, say, an Edwards might offer, he is the model of restraint. Bush can (and will) say that he believes in helping people in need, but one must be careful to watch the growth of government programs. To keep the base jazzed, especially the resentful Deanies, any Dem will have to run left to prevent Naderization.

Let's look at several issues that prove my point:

1. From Willie Green on down, virtually everyone is wondering how Bush is going to pay for pills for granny. What no one understood is that the Democrats have resurrected Hillarycare, Canadacare, and other NHS-type hijinks designed to make medical care a state run operation. Bush is for a limited program for prescription drugs. Democrats will have to outbid him to satisfy their base and keep all those Roosevelt Democrats in line. Your average Deanie believes that the Democratic Party should offer National Health. Most liberals think that Hillarycare was the triumph of wisdom. Like water in a canyon, the Democrats will follow the path of least resistance.

2. The border. Okay, someone had to give voice to the "Mexicans Under the Bed" subtext that has been plagueing FR these past months. But again, Bush has stolen the center. That's what the Reed Irvine crowd doesn't get. Tom Tancredo wants to round 'em up and deport them. All that would do is drive Latinos of all stripes into Ratland. Instead, Bush's program is a limited form of amnesty. The Democrats, pressured by the Aztlan crowd, will press for full amnesty. La Raza will be a group of happy campers after the Boston Convention. The voting center will not be, however. They will see Bush's program as restrained compared to what's going to come out of the mouths of Democrats. Again, this will happen as night follows day.

3. Everybody except Lieberman was anti-war. Lieberman is almost history. That leaves the Democratic Party in "BUSH EQUALS HITLER" land while Bush, not being Hitler, once again occupies the center.

The Right will threaten to take its ball home until they see what the Democrats offer. Then they will vote for Bush.

As night follows day.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[eskimo]

These three can't call for less government spending, they can only call for more! Bush can claim that compared to what, say, an Edwards might offer, he is the model of restraint.

Who, in hell, is going to believe that?

[ninenot]

You specialize in conclusions which have no basis in evidence.

Bush's base was perfectly happy WITHOUT 400 Zillion in new Medicare, 14 million "amnestized" illegals, and WITHOUT a space-station Moon/colony Mars.

The Democrats HAVE no center: Kerry will lean left and will self-destruct, and Clark, the Clintooons' choice, is absolutely stark raving mad!

Repeat: your conclusions are delusions.

[Sabertooth]

The border. Okay, someone had to give voice to the "Mexicans Under the Bed" subtext that has been plagueing FR these past months. But again, Bush has stolen the center.

Of what, a doughnut?

Most people in this country, in the GOP, and yes, even among active posters in this forum oppose the Bush Amnesty.

Bush has run away from the center on Illegals, and disappeared in the direction of the Democrats.

Word right now is that Bush will drop any mention of Illegals from the SOTU. That would mark a retreat, and an acknowledgement that he's overreached on Amnesty.

If he keeps Amnesty in his speech, and pursues it further, he will lose more votes than he gains over it.

That's hardly claim staked in the center.

Instead, Bush's program is a limited form of amnesty.

It ain't that limited, and any form of Amnesty is political poison.

The voting center will not be, however. They will see Bush's program as restrained compared to what's going to come out of the mouths of Democrats. Again, this will happen as night follows day.

This is wishful thinking. The voting center hates Amnesty, and Bush's plan is an Amnesty. It's not restrained, and won't be perceived as restrained by the center, it will be correctly perceived as out of touch with reality.

Everybody except Lieberman was anti-war. Lieberman is almost history.

You're forgetting Gephardt, who alread is History, but deserves to be remembered as one of the Democrat good guys on the WoT.

[inquest]

For the past six months, Dean has driven the center of the Democratic Party away from the center itself. Well, as night follows day, this left the center open to Bush and Rove. Bush's spending programs are designed to hold that center and force Kerry, Edwards, or Dean to run to Bush's left.

These three can't call for less government spending, they can only call for more! Bush can claim that compared to what, say, an Edwards might offer, he is the model of restraint.

You've just demonstrated very ably how the left operates. Even when they don't win elections, they get their agenda enacted by pulling the entire political establishment in their direction. It's high time for the right to start applying the same lesson.

[CMAC51]

Not to different than the process Bush used in Texas where in 6 years he transformed a Democrat state into one where every, repeat EVERY, statewide elected office is Republican. The Republicans have just completed redistricting and their US congressional representation will grow by about 30 or 40% in the next election.

Oh, and for the Bush is a dummy crowd, he did it without Cheney.