Reply #43: Your faulty assumptions make winning over Bush voters impossible.

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You assume that Bush voters shared his goals for the supreme court. That's not true. But in so assuming, you then conclude that one has to find, well, dirt or there's no useful basis for opposition.

Not only does that fail to attract Bush voters, it fails to attract democratic voters. There IS no dirt, and nobody is bothering to highlight and disagree with Bush's constitutional values.

Because in fact, many Bush voters do not share his goals for the constitution, there is nothing to be lost and everthing to be gained by articulating an opposition to Bush's goals, and with the assumption that whatshername shares all of them, opposing her.

Why do you think Bush picked a stealthier candidate after picking a stealthy candidate? The LAST thing he wants is for a debate on issues relevant to anyone. He already knows what he wants and that whatshername will bring it to him, just as he knows that most of the country wouldn't like it.