Ace of Base (Editorial, NYT)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

Ace of Base
By MARK HALPERIN

BILL and Hillary Clinton have been known to cite a quip widely attributed to Einstein: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” George W. Bush and Karl Rove live by an alternative dictum: Why do things differently when you like the results you have been getting?

In the 2002 and 2004 national elections, the president and his top political adviser won by margins provided by conservative voters who shared the White House’s view that the country should continue to move right. Although the president is not on the ballot in November, the Bush-Rove model animates the Republican Party’s election strategy for 2006.

Yet two years of controversy over the Iraq war and Hurricane Katrina, and the perils of high gas prices and low poll numbers, have led many to believe that the Republicans’ strategy of fighting from the base has worn out its welcome. Therefore, this view holds, a campaign that appeals to moderates, one waged from the center, is the only way for the party to maintain control of the House and Senate.

Interesting theory, but it probably won’t work. If the Republicans want to keep their majorities in the midterm elections, their best chance is to stick with the old, base-driven Bush-Rove electoral strategy.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/opinion/01halperin.html?pagewanted=print

(edited to provide link to article)

[gumby]

1. Look what the Class Media is doing.

There was a similar article posted in 'Time.' http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1541295,00.html

The Class Media is already posing all sorts of rationals for why the Repubs will win any election -- despite all odds.

The Class Media have shown their hand. They have already shown they are the tinfoilhat defenders of unreality.