Tom Rinaldo
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:50 PM
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7. ...and they will totally marginalize themselves in the process |
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Edited on Thu Feb-07-08 10:06 PM by Tom Rinaldo
They will become the hard burnt out cinder core of a once growing movement that represented "a new morning for America" under Ronald Reagan which is how they managed to grow in the first place.
Democrats made major gains in the mid term congressional elections in 1998 as a backlash against the Republicans impeachment of Bill Clinton. George W. Bush had to run in 2000 as a kinder gentler "compassionate conservative" who was "a uniter, not a divider" in order to have any chance of winning the Presidency.
The hate that will ooze out from under Right Wing rocks trying to attack Hillary will repell and disgust most Americans. It may consolidate the core of the Republican Party, but it will peel away all the layers of support that it counts on to win National elections that do not make up that core. After 8 years of Bush the hard bitter core of conservative Republicans that remains can no longer win elections, and a hate based campaign will push away the broader support that they would need to regain power.
I am absolutely counting on ugly tactics being used against Hillary Clinton for President to help her win. Women are a majority group in America. They will not sit still and watch that happen without rallying to Hillary Clinton.
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