The Democrats always play dirty and the press aids and abets them. Remember how many times you’ve heard the media use the term “Republican attack team” or “Republican dirty tricks?” When was the last time you heard the media apply these phrases to Democrats?
Never. Which is the point.
In order to win in 2010 and 2012, the Republicans are going to have to do two things:
- Run real conservative candidates. This seems obvious to everyone but the leaders of the Republican Party. For some reason, Republican leaders are afraid that the media is going to call them names if they field true conservatives as candidates. Of course they will – the problem is that any Republican candidate is going to called racist, sexist, extremist, and wanting children to breathe dirty air and drink dirty water. That’s the way the game works. We have to offer people a real alternative to liberalism.
- Go on the attack with issues where liberals have failed. This should be mind-numbingly easy. The Democrats, as the article below shows, plan to run against Bush. One of the Republican 2010 campaign slogans be, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Beat the Democrats with their own words. Show a little girl crying while watching a meter spin as it shows the rising federal debt. This is the age of YouTube and there are plenty of clips with Pelosi, Reid, and others lying and saying nasty things. Tie Democrats to ACORN. Tie them to Charlie Rangel, John Edwards, and others.
From the New York Times: Democrats’ Best Chances to Win Are With Harsher Attacks, Strategists Say.
New Jersey Republicans complain that Gov. Jon Corzine, a Democrat, has turned nasty to gain ground in his re-election bid this year. Republicans elsewhere should brace themselves.
That is because Mr. Corzine’s strategy for a comeback victory has turned into a template for Democratic candidates to survive in the 2010 midterm elections. Its shorthand description: winning ugly.
Now that Democrats control the White House, Congress and most governorships, voters’ discontent with the status quo represents their burden, which has Democratic strategists considering tactics to push back challengers.
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The Seats Up for Grabs
By Mr. Cook’s assessment, Democrats currently have 28 House seats in jeopardy to the Republicans’ 14; 7 Senate seats to Republicans’ 6; 13 governorships to Republicans’ 9. And he sees the nation’s continuing economic struggles turning the political environment darker, not brighter.In last month’s New York Times/CBS News Poll, nearly 8 in 10 Americans rated the economy as fairly or very bad. That is only a modest improvement from a year ago.
The fallout for Democratic Congressional candidates is clear. In a recent Gallup survey, independent voters preferred Republican candidates for Congress by 45 percent to 36 percent; last October, they favored Democratic candidates 46 percent to 39 percent.
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Moreover, the White House counts on lingering distaste for President George W. Bush’s eight-year administration to help insulate Mr. Obama and his party from today’s economic discontent. The question is whether that insulation will prove enough to prevent major Democratic losses next fall.
On the Offensive in Two States
In Virginia’s off-year governor’s race, the Democratic candidate, R. Creigh Deeds, has homed in on an old academic paper by his Republican opponent, Robert F. McDonnell, to cast Mr. McDonnell as a right-wing radical on social issues. Mr. Deeds still trails substantially in a state where Democrats have won recent elections for senator and governor.Mr. Corzine has made more headway — and gotten even more personal — in New Jersey’s close race for governor. He has mocked his heavy-set Republican opponent, Christopher J. Christie, in an advertisement that claimed Mr. Christie “threw his weight around” to avoid traffic tickets.
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Playing Down the Issues
Few Democrats next year will be able to match the overwhelming campaign spending advantage enjoyed by Mr. Corzine, a wealthy former Wall Street executive. On the other hand, party strategists hope that economic anxiety will ease next year if Washington acts on health care and energy legislation, both of which Mr. Obama calls vital to long-term economic growth.
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