Another GOP soft spot for Dems to punch

It cannot be overmephasized that Dems chances for taking the House of Representative in the '06 elections depend in no small part on showing that the GOP is totally united on a failed policy in Iraq. Dems need to say “if you believe the Iraq war is a success, vote Republican; if you believe it’s a failure, vote Democrat.” As Fareed Zakaria (Newsweek, (7/10/06) demonstrated, Bush foreign policy on Iran only shifted from unilateral to half hearted multilateral when failure in Iraq became a most likely scenario. Dems need to point out that only under Bush (not under Lincoln, FDR, or Clinton) has criticizing the war been deemed unpatriotic so its OK, even critical, to hold Bush accountable for failures.. Dems need to change their “it’s about us” mantra to “it’s about the Republicans.” in order to neutralize the Rove “cut and run” tactic.