"...But can RNC do it?..."
Yes they can, but WILL they do it?
No balls, no battles. Of course there are exceptions, but they are few and far between.
IMHO, the focus should be on the Wilson story and the other lies propagated by the liberal press.
Instead, the Senate is wasting valuable time on the Gay Marriage issue (and I do support the Amendment) which had a snowball's chance in hell of passing at this moment in time. It is an issue which could have waited until after the election. Terrorism and National Security can not.
How right you are, apart from politics, terrorism and national security are paramount and should be the kernel of governance.
Instead the Republicans forced the vote before it was ripe and succeeded in losing the issue as well as the vote. McCain and the other RINOs have given Daschle and Kerry cover to dodge a wedge issue. Brilliant. All those on these threads who thought the election would turn as the vast heartland rose up in indignation about this issue are simply wrong. The issue is lost for effective purposes.
I am not sure that the Wilson story of deceit will have much resonance with the mushy middle because it does not affect their lives. They affect a cynicism to mask their ignorance of current affairs. They do not know the facts of the Wilson matter, nor do they care but they do not want to be exposed as ignorant of something important so they say a pox on politicians, you are all corrupt. To get past this defensive screen of indifference is very difficult especially in the face of media bias. To use the Wilson story under these circumstances, a full court press must be exerted and the media must be humiliated into covering it. You can only go into full attack mode on a few issues, is this one of them?
The economy does affect the lives of the mushy middle which decides elections and that brings us back to jobs. On this issue Bush must prevail if he is to carry Ohio and not lose the election. So far the administration has not presented a good case well. I have said we have a good story to tell but we cannot tell a story good. Here is where the election can turn but the triumph of tax cut economics has simply not been trumpeted. Bush's father lost in '92 because the electorate thought the economy was in recession when it had recovered but jobs, always a lagging indicator, had not fully recovered, The media took up Clinton's cause and led the evening news with man on the street examples of families ruined for want of work. Bush Sr, never effectively countered. Those of us who are pessimistic about this election see a similar pattern in this and other issues.
The gay marriage vote has shown that Bush cannot rely on the Senators of his own party. The 9/11 Commission has revealed that he cannot rely on apparachiks in his own party. The Senate Intelligence Committee report has revealed that he cannot rely on his own senators again. This is a lesson Trent Lott could have told him about. Or Newt.