[padre35]

A dean scream moment is necessary?

What I did like about Mehlman and Rove is there adherence to base politics and numbers crunching, 3 out of 4 electoral victories came from there strategy.

Martinez is a very eloquent public speaker, I hope he has the nuts and bolts experience that is needed for the job.

[oceanview]

Reagan won two landslides.

he wasn't an "attack dog" - but he clearly defined who the liberals were, what they wanted, etc. I don't want mindless attacks, but every good political strategy has some negative component regarding the opposition. and it can't start 3 weeks before the election, it has to be a continuous theme.