Reply #88: If you want to wage a campaign on being for or argainst the war,

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Karl Rove is going have an orgasm.

1972.

Feelings about the war are the easiest to manipulate. If I were Karl Rove and you promissed me that you were going to talk only about the war for the next three months, I'd spot you 30 pts in the polls and I'd wager my house.

Bush is the Commander-in-Chief and has total control of the war.

They have total control of the media, and therefore, over people's perception of the war -- and this is so key to understanding why Rove wants to only talk about the war. People know their own lives. They look at their own bank statements every month. They know if their kids are losing their jobs. They know when they have their opportunities reduced. People don't know the war. Everything you know about the war is mediated. If you're lucky, it's hearsay from someoone you trust. But for 99.999% of Americans, it's mediated by a corporation which gives 90% of its PAC donations to Republicans.

Furthermore, if you argue only about war, you'd be arguing over something that is incredibly fertile ground for Republicans love. Most Americans already think the Republicans party is better than the Dems on the war.

Nothing makes people more inclined to give up what they deserve than when you talk about threats to national security.

I know you think you could win that battle based on what has happened so far. But you give me a week of cable and network news coverage and I could turn that around faster than you could blink.