RNC plan: Dems are soft on defense

yup, it's official. We saw this one coming. I have to point out that even so-called "friendly" GOP types such as John McCain are signing onto the party line in anticipation of 2004. Think McCain was on our side? think again:

Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican and a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, predicted in a PBS interview that sustained, successful attacks by the Iraqi insurgency could "affect American public opinion" and influence next year's election.

Still, even McCain, who fought Bush for the Republican nomination and is often at odds with the White House, seemed to have gotten the RNC memo, or at least sounded in synch with the new Republican offensive during a policy speech at the Council on Foreign Relations on Nov. 5. Like strategists for Bush, McCain portrayed most of the Democratic candidates running for president as ambivalent and lily-livered on foreign policy, compared with the sitting president.

"With the exception of Joe Lieberman and Dick Gephardt, who are committed to victory in Iraq, it is unclear what the other Democratic presidential candidates would do differently to ensure an American victory -- or how they would handle the consequences of the early American withdrawal some advocate," McCain said. "Governor Dean has expressed ambiguity about the justness of our cause in Iraq. I hope he will learn that partisan anger is no substitute for moral clarity."

Across the board, Republicans are adopting the same approach.

"Democrats have very little to talk about, so they're left carping about Iraq, and none of them have a better answer than George Bush," former RNC chairman Rich Bond said. "Their answers are propelled by the loony left at this point."


translation: these two weak candidates are the ones the Dems should support, so Bush can stomp them. I fear Dean, so I shall misrepresent his position. Partisan anger, baby!

This article is important. It's a veritable preview of the themes and lines of attack that the GOP will bring to bear. As such the campaign must prepare now.

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