[D-fendr]

People can think of more than one important thing at a time.

I'm sorry, but my experience is that the key 5% of voters pay little attention to the election until a couple of weeks out and then go with the general feelings they have on what it's about. October Surprises work often, last minute gaffs can become the thing that swings the election.

0thugga and the Dem party have actually made it pretty easy for Repubs.

Famous last words.

Whatever the Dems want, just say we’re dead set against it.

You get some votes that are "against the other guy," but not enough. You still need votes "for" your candidate or issues.

And they are absolutely FOR every sort of moral depravity, Big Brother control, destruction of the Constitutional principles, etc.

And I'm proposing nationalizing the election on freedom and the foundational principles of the American experiment.

I'm not proposing framing the election into an argument about issues we disagree about how to deal with even here on FR.

[little jeremiah]

I'm sorry, but my experience is that the key 5% of voters pay little attention to the election until a couple of weeks out and then go with the general feelings they have on what it's about. October Surprises work often, last minute gaffs can become the thing that swings the election.

Key voters aren't just the ones who haven't made up their minds until the last minute; there are other kinds of key voters. For instance, a lot of Rs stayed home because they could not stomach voting for the RINO McCain. So putting a non-staunch conservative R loses other kinds of key voters. (BTW I did vote for him although it made me sick to my stomach to do so.)

Famous last words.

Let's say the Dems in general and 0thugga in particular have made it easy for the conservative GOP to be a clear contrast.

You get some votes that are "against the other guy," but not enough. You still need votes "for" your candidate or issues.

I don't mean by saying "We're against whatever they're for, and for whatever they're against" - I mean stating clearly the Constitutional principles that they trash. Clearly and forcefully stating what the conservative principles and platform is, which just happens to be precisely the opposite of what the Evil party is.

And I'm proposing nationalizing the election on freedom and the foundational principles of the American experiment.

Not sure what you mean by "nationalizing" the election. Also the word "freedom" can mean many things - what exactly do you mean? And the foundational principles were not merely monetary.

I'm not proposing framing the election into an argument about issues we disagree about how to deal with even here on FR.

What specifically do you think should be left off the table, then?