Dems Must Fight Back.....

The GOP has once again traveled down the path of 'Karl Rovian' politics. McSame has decided to give up everything he stands for in order to please the ultra-right wing of his party. Typical really, we've seen this in the last two elections. Fire everyone up with talk of abortion and gay marriage. That will surely scare all of the zealots out of their homes and into the voting boothes! In the beginning we all thought that John had lost his mind, who on earth is this person and is he crazy? Then the facts of the matter started to come into play, the 'Maverick' had been neutered by the same old politics. Instead of choosing a viable, experienced running mate, he went with the same old story. Bring in someone with socially right wing ideals and please the base.

The problem with the Dems right now is that they seem to be reacting to the GOP in the same way they did in the last two elections. (Well I do take that back, in 2000, the election was stolen by a group of judges who 'leigislated from the bench' -- HMM, sound familiar). However in 2004, Rove drove the political 'wedge issues' down our throats and the GOP rallied on the fear monicker. Dems took a back seat and played defense in the weeks leading up to the election. While it is early in this race, the same thing seems to be happening. McSame played his trump card, and he has taken over the offensive side of the campaign, (and dare I say, OFFENSIVE in more ways than one)!

Now is the time for the Dems to hit back and hit back strong. If we are to win this election, we cannot be playiing defense from now until the election. Sure the Palin effect should wear off in time, but is that going to leave enough time for the Dems to repair the damage? Only time will tell.....