Wednesday, January 25, 2006

No Bluffing: A left-leaning Washington Post editorial writer has taken notice that Karl Rove always tips his election-year hand -- by revealing the themes, talking points, and strategies Republicans will employ to win the election.

And still, each time, Democrats fail to capitalize.

It should be no surprise that Rove plans the focus of this year's theme to be, the War on Terrorism. He will try to convince voters that Republicans will keep America safer than Democrats will.

With this information already in hand, will Democrats counter that strategy by showing they can be tough on terrorism, too?

So far, it seems not. I couldn't help but laugh when I read Rush Limbaugh's synopsis of the Democratic national security agenda: "The Democrats' position on national security is to try to impeach George W. Bush."

I'm begging you, Democrats. Please come out strong on national security this election. After that, then I'll take your criticisms of President Bush more seriously.