"I have a bad feeling that some terrorist attack or some other extraneous thing will motivate them before election day."
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It certainly would change perceptions.
Honestly, what does the conservative base have to get excited about? I think we are on the right track in the middle east and the WOT, but other than that nothing really substantive has been accomplished in six years.
"Oh, of course, judges, but other than that, what do we have to get excited about?"
Then there were the tax cuts. Don't forget the tax cuts.
"Granted, tax cuts, but aside from judges and tax cuts, what else have the Republicans done?"
Ah, Partial Birth Abortion ban?
"Fine, but besides PBA, judges, and tax cuts what was there?"
No Kyoto.
"Ok, ok, no Kyoto, plus PBA, judges, and tax cuts . . . ."
Monty Python nailed this attitude years ago.
While the Republicans have disappointed in several ways, don't kid yourself for one MINUTE that they haven't done important things in the last six years.