Of course the message doesn't poll well with voters. Republicans have done nothing to reign in the fiscal purse strings. If they would have......then my guess is that the polling would be completely different*. Yes they cut taxes, yes the economy grew, but they also spent, let other programs grow, and created one of the biggest entitlement programs of all time.
Moore finishes his article with a great point. He uses part of a quote from Sen. Kyl who "says that if Republicans are going to win in 2008 they have to persuade voters that Democratic tax hikes 'will make things worse' for the economy and their own personal finances. Fortunately, this message has added attraction that it's not just pollster-driven spin. It's the truth."
*While I like Rove as a tactician, I think he ruined the tax message as well. He turned the base socially conservative. The base, I could be wrong on this, has historically been fiscal conservatives and the social part was only a faction of that base (a big faction-but only a faction). What Rove saw is that social conservatives vote. They vote in large percentages. Oh well. When that fails...which it will. We will get back our fiscal party again.
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Did you take down a blog on truth?
I could swear there was a good article on "truth"
West Coast Grannie
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