[Lazamataz]

The conservative base has demonstrated since 1992 that they are permanently alienated, and NOTHING will appease them. So he has to support the base that actually bothered to vote for him in 2000.

So okay. So you are writing them off.

Not smart, but it seems to be a tack being taken by Karl Rove.

I predict a Republican debacle in Congress and the Senate in 2002.

[Poohbah]

So you are writing them off.

No, they wrote themselves off. When you don't vote for someone no matter how much he kisses your anal sphincter, he's going to remove the tongue at some point.