Lastly, when you have GOP base who at the drop of a hat will recklessly and foolishly put a few domestic issues above the WOT .....As they did in 06......You have even less real options when it comes to dealing with Iran.
The foolishly one issue voters in the GOP base blew it big time in 06.....They are as much to blame as is the DEMs for our current situation (politically and with Iran).
That partly is the result of good marketing by the Dems. One or two catch phrases that are easy to say over and over. Happened for Clinton in ‘92 (It’s the economy stupid!”) and (I feel your pain.)
The other part is that Conservatism takes more thought. Frankly I am more and more convinced the voting public can not handle that.
“Feelings” are easier for them to handle. No thought necessary, just react to what feels good. No factual rationalization required.
That is why the MSM can play such a big role in politics. All they market is sensationalism and that is diverting to the thoughtless masses.
Every day they have stories about how bad this great economy is, yet although it is far stronger and deeper than the Clinton economy the MSM and dems talk about how hard the average family has it.
Then, according to the polls, they get away with it and the voters feel things are going so wrong with their finances.
This is despite that fact that many if not most have gained back what they lost at the end of Clinton's term. But no one touts that from every soap box. No one lays out how great the average family has it and that tax cuts have made them richer and better off. So it is not real to the voter.