Are Repubs Planning to Palm Off to Dems The Massive Mess Left Behind By Bush?

[Blackhatjack]

There is every reason to believe that Republican Strategists can read the latest opinion polls as well as Democrats. Any kind of rational reading of those polls indicates that Repubs are about to engulfed in a huge tsunami at the polls in 2008, and washed out of the Oval Office, the House and the Senate.

So what is the Republican strategy playing out here?

The next Democratic President will face a huge number of Republican created disasters in which there are no easy answers. The Iraq War handoff, continuing war in Afghanistan, a debilitated military, returning soldiers with horrific injuries needing medical care, a tanking dollar, crashing housing market, rising trade deficits, and little room financially for implementing healthcare and education reform, all make up the just a few of the problems that will have to be addressed simultaneously by the next President.

So Republicans will move from power to the sidelines, and warm up their megaphones. They will shout and complain about Democrats failure to the fix the messes they created. They will turn public dissatisfaction with the painful choices that must be made into a repudiation of the Democrats who have to make those choices.

The Republicans appear to be on track to ride out the next 4 years of pain, and position themselves to retake power one election cycle later with more of their promises of prosperity without pain.

Democrats need to remember they have seen this scenario before, right after Watergate.

This time Democrats need to dig deep into the wrongdoing of the Repubs and establish blame where it rightfully belongs --with Republicans. Be prepared to hear the howls of injustice claiming the Democrats would rather pursue partisan issues than to fix problems. But if Democrats do not take the time to expose the corruption of the Republicans and their destruction of our country, Democrats will face the return of the same cycle after Watergate --and Republicans will be back in power again pushing the same corrupt and failed agenda.

We must remember our mistakes if we hope to avoid repeating them. Let's hope Democrats remember.

[KharmaTrain]

1. This Is The Big Issue Next Year

While I'd love to see a President who pushes nothing but Progressive/Liberal ideals, that's a luxuary this country won't be able to afford. Before we can move forward there's a ton of messes to clean up and to gain the trust of a majority of the American people to further our common goals in the years to come.

Whomver is elected will be left with this ugly war for profit, a decimated economy and massive debts, a crumbling infrastructure and military...and that's just for starters. Who knows what other landmines will await. This person will have to be one hell of a manager who can show strength and resolve...and in some cases, it may not be to our liking, but this is where we are.

The bottom line is Democrats can't win by being "I'm not the other guy"...that may work for one election, but for those of us who want a lasting Democratic majority and more Liberal/Progressive voices, we have to get back some balance in this country and earn the votes...have people vote FOR Democrats, not only against Repugnicans.

Cheers...

[Dhalgren]

2. Of course not! Republicans will take responsibility for any and all

mistakes that they made! They stand firmly behind every decision that they have made and will take full, public responsibility for the entire 8 years of the Bush administration! You can take that to the bank!


:rofl:

[SoCalDem]

3. Republicans routinely do this.. We have been cleaning up their messes

forever..

[Froward69]

6. I agree we need to elect someone

Without a learning curve.

[unpossibles]

4. of course - they already do that all the time ("Clinton!!!")

but that is no reason to not step up and fix things. I know that is not what you were saying, but I have heard some say we should not try to win '08 because we'll get blamed for the current problems. To that I say we cannot afford to wait and let them mess things up even more.

[Blackhatjack]

5. Of course we must fix the mess left, but we must not shirk the duty to expose the Repub corruption

.... and make sure the public understands how this happened, and who was responsible.

Clinton failed to do this and it did lasting damage to our country, and opened the door for Junior to take the White House. Same with Iran Contra and Watergate.

We cannot fail to expose the corruption this time.

[unpossibles]

8. I agree

I think most of us are sick of the corruption and more people need to be told the truth about what's really going on. I only hope that the media is up for the task as well.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Both parties are seeking to avoid "blame" for the lost war.

The Republicans are showing how "patriotic" they are by continuing to back the war.

The Democrats are showing how "tough" they are by continuing to fund the war.

It's all aimed at the next election and politics at it's ugliest and most shameless.