BTW, the fallacy of Dubya's approach this year is that he is paving the way for conservatives to stay home out of apathy and dismay and the likelihood that the moderates won't switch to him in sufficient numbers. Moderates, after all, are not known for being "galvanized." It is the ideological base (left and right) which matters the most.
So noted.
Why do you think they stayed home?
Because they were extremely PO'd at Clinton. The man and his administration were a complete Charlie-Fox from 1993 to January 1995.
If the me too advocates are right, one would have expected that Newt's "take no prisoners" strategy should have galvanized the left to turn out for the Democrats and thus overwhelm the right at the polls.
The Democrats didn't have anything coherent to offer in response, just a bunch of hysterical attacks on the wrong end of reality.
The problem with Newt's strategy is that it only works ONCE in a generation. They do learn from their mistakes, and not voting at all is a BIG one. Unfortunately, the "conservative base" has not figured this little detail out in 10 years.
481 posted on 6/19/02 9:08 AM Pacific by Austin Willard Wright
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Bubba Junior and his stoolie Rove, Picked a real winner in the Primaries in Calipornia didn't he. :) Just a preview of November 02.