No disagreement there.
"But, the speech itself was well crafted and it is bound to fool a large number of people into buying into President Bush's plan."
Some people will no doubt be fooled by the PR packaging.
But there are an awful lot of us that know more about this one issue than any other issue. These people, likely voters most of them, are not going to be fooled by a slick approach.
If that's what the White House is counting on, then they too will be disappointed.
In other words, lets see how it goes with all of the phone calls, faxes and emails directed to our Washington crapweasels over the next few weeks. If the majority of the public is in fact duped, then this activity will be far lighter than it has been over the past month.
I believe that activity will not wane, and in fact may turn out to be even heavier than it has been.
We'll see.
Indeed. Voters in midterm elections tend be much more in tune with politics then those in presidential election years. PR stunts used to placate the politician's own supporters have a very slim chance of being successful.
Exactly. I don't have any idea of the percentages, but a huge majority of Republican activists I know are a) well informed b) deeply, even passionatly concerned and c) getting really angry about being alternately ignored and patronized. Down here on the ground, it looks like the Republican leadership is heading the party directly at a huge cliff, and they have no intention of slowing down or changing course.