[Lazamataz]

Actually, I disagree. I think it's a step in the right direction. So it's 50/50. The current public housing programs are 100% the wrong way, IMHO. So it's safe to argue that we've made a step in the right direction with this proposal.

This is a very valid point and one I had not considered.

[hchutch]

There is more than one way to skin a cat, but given the current political and media climate, we need to do so in a way that is NOT messy. Think of it as Bush working the count, and waiting for his pitch.

He has good advisors for the most part, people who came up with a decent strategy that worked (Bush won) despite the fact that 4 million evangelical Christians stayed home AND the DUI smear that occured in the last week of the 2000 election.

I'm going to trust them, because these folks will pick the fights and win them much more often than not. I think we can win, but it's going to require PATIENCE, and a gradual rollback here and there.

We should only initiate or accept a political battle if it will likely cause one of two results: The enactment of legislation reflecting conservative principles or the election of conservative politicians to office. That's how I view it. Some call it cowardice, I call it common sense.