From the weekly standard....
CHANGE THE SUBJECT
POLITICS IS PRETTY SIMPLE. If the debate in an upcoming election puts your party at a disadvantage, it makes sense to try to change the debate. At the moment, the 2006 midterm election is framed as a referendum on the Bush administration and congressional Republicans, putting Republican candidates on the defensive. Party strategists, led by chairman Ken Mehlman, want to rejigger the debate so it's about a choice between candidates, putting Democratic candidates on the defensive as well. In short, they want it to be a choice election, not a referendum election.
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House Republicans, for their part, intend to seek votes on measures such as the Bush-backed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, a bill allowing more public expression of religion, another requiring parental consent for women under 18 to get an abortion, legislation to bar all federal courts except the Supreme Court from ruling on the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance, a bill to outlaw human cloning, and another that would require doctors to consider fetal pain before performing an abortion.
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For full story go to weekly standard
Link: http://www.weeklystandard.com/...
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There are a lot of battles to be fought by Democrats before the election this year. Democrats need to be united and strategic to win '06.
I have wrote a lot in recent Diaries about how Feingold went about his censure and how he risked hurting Democrats. We need a united front, we don't need netroots to attack fellow Democrats. After reading this Weekly Standard article you will understand why we must win '06.
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