Reply #4: It's not for lack of trying

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With weakened opposition in the Senate in the 109th, the Republicans will stack the federal courts with extremists who will eventually outlaw abortion, break the wall between church and state, etc.

Indeed, triangulation has been successful for them. But the power on display is not due to the inherent effectiveness of the strategy. Rather the extremists on their side have understood the game and agreed to play by its rules. They put their trust in Bush--and why not, he's earned it, giving them almost everything they ask for--, and stfu when it was necessary for them to do so. That's the power of organization, knowledge and effective communication.

It makes me ill.