Reply #1: Memo to Democrats: Screw the consultants.

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""If President Bush had a vice president, or someone who was clearly designated as heir apparent to his administration, would have a more immediate incentive to widen his political base, to offer policies that would appeal more to the center," argued Don Baer, a former senior adviser to President Clinton"

These guys drive me to distraction! Not that anybody in the Republican Party would take his advice, but why is he giving it. This is total war. These Republicans are out to ruin the country but our "guys" are popping off with hallucinatory advice. Bush is a proxy tyrant for the nastiest faction of the power structure. No wonder we got screwed twice in a row...