The Republican are screwed

[Onlooker]

What does the Republican Party do?
- If they defend Foley or the House leadership, they jeopardize their rationale for investigating and impeaching Clinton.
- If they try to coordinate their defense with the conservative pages, they risk creating another scandal.
- If they attack the pages, they risk more details being made public by the pages.
- If they attack each other, they risk alienating their base.
- If they accuse the media of being prurient for reporting the salacious details, they risk being called hypocrites for promoting the reporting of such details during the Clinton scandal.
- If they argue that the scandal is Democratic dirty politics, they risk discrediting their dirty politics during Clinton.
- If they claim that Foley did nothing illegal, they risk being seen as soft on crime or as morally bankrupt.
- If they claim they didn't know anything, they risk being seen as irresponsible and incompetent.
- If they spend extra time in DC to address their problems, it costs them time on the campaign and fundraising trails.
- If they stay quiet, their opponents will frame the issue.
- If they try to change the subject, the next most obvious subject is the disaster in Iraq.

They have so little wiggle room that even with their allies in the media and talk radio, they are screwed. Diebold is their only hope.

[NanceGreggs]

1. It should be obvious from Iraq and Afghanistan ...

... that the GOP don't know anything about planning an 'exit strategy'.

[kanrok]

2. Can't put lipstick on a turd...

just doesn't work. It is the perfect storm of a scandal...(I guess mixing methaphors is my bag).

[Yoda Yada]

3. Or...(to add to your list)...

What does the Republican Party do?

- If they continue to boast about "family values", they risk being asked, "do those values include lying, cheating and abandoning the American people."

I agree, Diebold is there only hope......although, never forget Rove's propensity to "plant things" to dishonor Democrats. (He could do this with Diebold machines (in reverse)....manipulate votes and then blame the Dems.

Nasty, vicious, AND desperate...makes a bad combination.

Republicans are NOT going to give up willingly. :grr:

[louis-t]

4. Diebold and dirty campaign tricks are their only hope.

I'm talking about the flyers stating that if you ever had legal problems and you try to vote, you could be arrested and get 10 years, or tell voters that Dems are supposed to vote the day after election day, or more "lost" Dem voter registrations, or "suppressing the Detroit vote", etc. You may call them "The Republics" if you wish.

[Common Sense Party]

5. They will still win. They have Diebold, remember?

We'd better get used to powerlessness.