Sorry...we'd like to go to the polls, Fred, but we can't afford the gas.
I'll heavily support the '06 elections to prevent a 'Rat impeachment run, but if things aren't turned around by '08, the RINOs will be hearded over the cliff.
Absolutely nothing on immigration? Ridiculous, they're screwed...
Rubbish. Bush could do a LOT MORE for the party by dropping his Shamnesty proposal and enforcing exisitng immigration laws at the border and at employers
And perhaps telling the EPA to drop all the useless enviro-whacko rules on various gasoline blends, like he did temporarily after Katrina.
If Rove wants to jack up republican turnout tell dubya to reverse his course on illegal immigration. The republicans, independents and reagan-democRATS will support dubya and the republican party if they really do something substantive on the illegal mess..
Voting is important. The Constitution of 1787 was adopted with a total of 160,000 taking part, including the voting state by state.
Tip to Rove: Try marketing the GOP in English to voters. Spanish is pushing it...and tell Bush to take off that damn sombrero.
Just deemphasize the fact that they intend to turn Every town USA into Mexico City.
Um, Sorry Fred. I know you're trying to avoid the elephant in the room. Then again, one of your co-writers said with a smirk on Fox Sunday a few weeks ago that he wholly supports leaving the border wide open.
So apparently does President Bush and a goodly number of Republicans.
Fears of a Democratic takeover might motivate the Bots. Perhaps along with getting the illegals to the polls, Republicans will not have much to worry about.
I am a Conservative first and foremost, and if an appeal to faction is all Karl Rove's got, well then we may see a loss of seats.
Message to leadership: STOP GIVING OUR COUNTRY AWAY.
This message brought by the more than 66% of ALL Americans who are sick and tired of playing 'coddle the illegal alien.'
This article is total bunk. Rove has spent six years kissing up to everyone left of center, and making it clear Republicans are lower than dirt. Why would he change his theory now?
I hate to be nitpicky, but I think the anger needs to be directed at the other party in order to indicate a big turnout...
I think that if we want to shake up the GOP establishment, we replace some RINOs in the primaries inastead of electing Dims in the general election...
Bush can get a two-fer. Cut taxes by 10% and cut government spending. The tax cut WILL help with the cost of gas. He's got the WOT. How about the War on Socialism?
"But what about Iraq and gas prices? Here, Bush needs help from outside events. Since early 2005, his presidency has been beset not only by Iraq and gas prices but by other outside events, including Hurricane Katrina and the Dubai ports deal. Now, a Republican official says, "it would help to have an outside situation that we could take advantage of."
Heaven helps those who help themselves.
Bush should come out swinging at the Eco-nuts and at Congress for not moving his energy program.
He should also kick Rove's butt around the White House over his "Guest Worker" nonesense - unless, of course, it was his own idea.
I think this is a good strategy so Rove can focus on the disgruntled conservatives in the flock that are at wits end. We have a lot of dispirited sprinters in this marathon.
Gas prices are God's gift to the GOP. This is an issue that anyone can understand. When we cuss "environmentalists" for stopping all drilling, refinery construction, power plant construction, nuke plants of any kind, pipelines, even windfarms for crying out loud, they even oppose windfarms...
In every case we are talking about Democrats and DNC proxies. We are talking about the nutjobs who make up the Democratic Party. People have to be told that until they turn these people out of office in large numbers we will never have secure energy supplies.
When your enemies are blaming you for something they themselves have caused, it isn't enough to sit and hope people will see through it. Believe me, my Uncle Harry isn't that smart, he thinks oil, he thinks Republicans, and he thinks they are to blame. Sit silent in the face of the irrational and it is as good as an admission of guilt.
You have to come out fighting, and push it right back at them. I promise it will energize the "faithful", because they are waiting for someone with a little grit to step forward into the fray. It would be nice if it was the president.
Count me out if McCain runs.