If the Bush admin believes that by trashing the Minutemen-patriots and pandering to the illegal alien crowd they're more likely to retain congressional control they're even dumber than they look. First of all, taking the vote of the GOP base for granted is a fool's assumption, and secondly the GOP has always been notoriously unsuccessful at winning over minority groups through pandering.
Karl Rove knows that while the base complains and threatens, when it comes down to election day, they'll never vote Democrat -- so in that respect, we don't count. We're safely in their fold.
They try to broaden the base and reach out to Hispanics, the fastest growing demographic. From a political strategy prospective, Rove is correct.
Since you and I and most FR members will continue to vote Republican on election day, our whining and moaning doesn't matter. That's the reality.
"If the Bush admin believes that by trashing the Minutemen-patriots and pandering to the illegal alien crowd they're more likely to retain congressional control they're even dumber than they look"
You NAILED it!!
Agreed - Republicans are horrible at winning over minority groups through pandering. I really think that the strategy will be to ramp up the some homosexual agenda issues before the election to get the GOP faithful back in line.