Reply #12: GOP Strategery

[Dogmudgeon]

The Democrats in Philly are very easily demoralized and dissuaded from voting. I would not put it past the FBI to have planted the bug, but if there is any kind of political scandal, the Philly Dems will stay home en masse.

I had always though that Sam Katz was an OK guy, but most of the mud seems to be coming from his camp this time. This is not to say that John Street is a warm and cuddly guy, but I am rather surprised by it. I thought Katz would take the "high road" and let Street bloody himself.

I'm a little amused, though, at the large number of RINOs who are carrying the torch for the GOP. I speak of people like Sam Katz (who has yet to win), Arnold Schwartzenegger, and the like. These victories are the ultimate in thin-ice wins for the neo-Conservative movement. Democrats will work against them, and the Rectal Right purist base hates them.

If the Bush administration falls in a scandal, I would expect every one of these Republicans to be single-term lame ducks, abandoned by a party in disgrace, attacked by angry partisans, and besieged by Democrats and other progressives.

--bkl