I understand what you're saying about building a majority coalition and about past failures to frontally assault Roe v. Wade. But man, you don't seem to get the fact that the rules have changed! We won, they lost. Social conservatives were a ferocious and very visible part of that victory and everybody knows it. Several Democrat Senators from conservative states will HAVE to vote for a reasonable SCOTUS nominee if that nominee is given a straight up or down vote on the Senate floor - especially if that nominee is someone like Miguel Estrada.
The MSM is severely weakened. The DNC is severly weakened. The American people have given a strong endorsement of conservative, traditional values. To put Specter in control of the Judiciary Committee in light of all of that is crazy!
Let me be blunt -- we won but not all Bush voters agree with us on all issues. We need to deal with that fact on every issue.
It's the MSM that is still dangerous. They are wounded and weakened but not dead yet. We need to recognize that. The MSM is trolling for a win -- my guess they are trying to build a case that the Conservatives want to repeal RvW. This frontal attack on RvW is a proven loser and could serve to get the MSM back in the game. We don't want to do that at any cost. Spector is the bait on the MSM's hook.
My point is this, don't enter the field of battle for the hearts and minds of the country without knowing you can win. If you do you fail.
Now is the time to build the majority coalition, You cannot assume all Bush voters are on your side on every issue. I have secret plan for the majority coalition and if you think about it -- long hard, you will find it is working. What is it? Think.
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