What is the issue that could best divide and conquer the Reprivateans?

[bobweaver]

[Celeborn Skywalker]

1. social security,

maybe universal health care. I think I've seen a poll that shows that something like 67% of Americans are in favor of socialized medicine.

[goldengreek]

2. There is no such issue.

The fact that they're openly siding with big pharma on the issue of whether companies can get away with lying to stockholders and customers -- while at the same time they're gutting Social Security -- proves the war has been premanently lost.

Seriously: it's time to move off the continent. It'll be getting very ugly from here on out.

[zacho]

3. Corruption

Health care is a lackluster issue and if we keep setting our priorities that low, the Republicans will keep saying that we have no ideas for the future.

[Sparkly]

4. fiscal conservatism

There are still some actual fiscal conservatives in that party and they don't like what this administration is doing. Of course, Poppy and Reagan did it, too, so I guess it's a slow learning curve.

For as long as I've been voting, there hasn't BEEN a fiscally-conservative Republican administration, but I know there are Republicans who believe in the concept of balanced budgets. Eventually I think this could create a split.

[satya]

5. The truth about 9-11. n/t

[CornField]

6. New Freedom Initiative

No one wants their children's mental stability tested by pharmaceutical companies. Shoot, no one wants their own mental stability tested by pharmaceutical companies.

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[DBoon]

8. Latin American immigration (esp illegal immigration)

This is the perfect issue for splitting xenophobes from cheap-labor right wingers.

Also it will galvanize Hispanics into a solid Democratic block.

The stupidest thing Pete Wilson did as governor is support the anti-immigrant prop 187. It made sure Hispanics would vote in numbers for Democrats.

[jdj]

9. beat me to it. the guest worker visas.

but this may be a set up, Bush pretending to be for it to get repuke hispanic converts, then having his henchman vote it down.