[gusopol3]

hey, I wanna know why Bush was unable to take advantage of some very important developments in the closing stages of the campaign-- like N. Korea agreeing to six party talks on the Wednesday before the election, when all the wise folk, including Lugar, had told us Bush was a fool for not sitting down for bilateral talks; like failing to highlight the roll out of the LASER plane as part of the missile defense initiative; like not invoking Reagan as part of the WOT, the Republican commitment to national security through missile defense over the last generation ( let the Democrats kvetch,"it won't work"-- see how that plays with the electorate). The missile defense gambit worked for Reagan against USSR ( see Kengor, The Crusader) ; why not use the old master's playbook against NK and Iran-- "we'll trump your advances. " Who knows whether that's part of the calculus that brought NK back to the table? If you can't tell me who failed to frame the election in those compelling terms, I'm blaming Rove.

[beckysueb]

Drive By Media. The general public don't know it if the media won't tell it and tell it often. John Q. Public likes catchy slogans like "Its time for a change" or "throw the bums out!"