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Originally posted by Penske_Account
What's different is that the right has it made it clear what the calculus is to get the votes in 06 and 08. And the 55 Rs plus Red State's vulnerable Ds up in 06 have had their wake up call. Plus once the inexperienced jurist is dinged on that basis, it will be harder to sell dinging the experienced jurist. Maybe it really is a strateregic plan by Bush..........hmmmmmm.......
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Even Clinton didn't intentionally sell out his cronies. He just abandoned them when it became politically a problem (Zoe Baird, Lani Guinier, etc.)
The problem with the far right is that there's no credible threat to vote differently. The only threat is to stay home. So all that means is that the moderates are the ones up for grabs. It moves the Rs back to the center. If the babyjesusRs say "fuck you" then the rest of the Rs say "fuck you back, we'll go back to grab the moderates with budget-cutting, limited gov't policies" Maybe they can do it, maybe not, but it doesn't help your babyjesus.
