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Because if a staunch republican can do it off the top of their head, liberals in the press will be able to carry it off pretty well as it gets down to the wire.

I'm for Bush, plan to vote for him again, twice if possible. Would love to see Murray, McDermott, Larsen, and some of the logic-impervious, business-destroying liberals relieved of their reponsibilities in representing my state.

I own a business that sells competitor information management software. Best thing you can do for your business is to profile it as if you were a competitor.

The things I just said in that paragraph are not yet Demo talking points. I have yet to hear any of the Dwarves, or the ex-co-president say any of what I just did.

But they could, and it would sound pretty reasonable to a right-leaning IT worker, wouldn't it? It might sound pretty good to a hard right guy as well.

Personally, I don't think Bush should make ANY deals with democrats. Look where it's got him? Where are all of his judicial nominees. Look at what his Dad's deals did to the SCOTUS.

As far as taxes, I am all for the new fair tax initiative, and abolishment of the IRS in the near term.

If Bush's strategy is to take issues away from the D's, then the outsourcing one is an issue that, let's say, he needs to get around to sometime in the near future.

He's going to wait as long as he can before he has to address the offshoring issue. His main contributors are the ones doing the offshoring.

He'll bring the issue up when he thinks he has enough cash for his campaign. If just parrots the free trade mantra he'll go down like an Iraqi Mig.

But they could, and it would sound pretty reasonable to a right-leaning IT worker, wouldn't it? It might sound pretty good to a hard right guy as well.

About half the IT guys I work with who voted for Bush have told me they will not vote for him next time because of this issue (admittedly this is a small sample). Do they think anyone else is better on this subject? No. But they are pissed and their vote will reflect that disaffection. I think many people underestimate the anger in IT and Engineering right now because those professions don't have professional Union mouthpieces flapping their gums on the news programs. But the Republican party better wake up and realize that some of their base is being quietly eroded. I don't know what the Free Traders think is going to happen. Their Capitalist Randian Nirvanna will never materialize because long before we get there, the electorate will swing to the the left to FDR-esque, New Deal proportions. If one lives in a Representative Republic, one better realize that pissed-off voters usually control the country's destiny, not economic religions.