Good Advice To The Democrats

[Annie]

Luckily for the GOP they will never take it:

http://bobkrumm.typepad.com/blog/2005/11/1992_all_over_a.html

1992 all over again

I offer Democrats a sure-fire, absolutely guaranteed way to win the Presidency in 2008: Let Bush win the war in Iraq.

Think about it--deprived of their most powerful unifying issue--national defense--Republicans in Washington have only a dismal domestic record of bloated budgets, growing governmental bureacracies, and a preposterously unguarded border to offer their base.

Instead of looking backward to question why we're at war, Democrats should focus on winning by increasing the size of the military, portraying a positive message, supporting not just the troops, but also their mission, and showing the world a united homefront in the midst of war.

There's precedent for this counterintuitive approach--1992. When Bushes win victories abroad, the focus returns quickly to their failures at home. And as far as many Republican voters are concerned, there are domestic deficiencies aplenty in this Bush administration. Just as there were in his father's.

So, Democrats, stop running against the war. You serve only to unite an otherwise disenchanted Republican base. If you take the war off the front page by winning it, Republicans will have to depend on their domestic record for victory. And, unfortunately, there's little there to rally the base.

Posted by Bob Krumm on November 11, 2005