Trump their ace!

The GOP of late has displayed a negative midas touch  -  everything they touch turns to toxic waste.

Not just Iraq, they are on the wrong side - morally and politically - of every issue, from Social Security to fair trade to stem cells to media concentration to  the energy bill to Terry Schiavo to Katrina to deficits to inequality to SCHIP.

Immigration will cost them far more Hispanic votes than they could ever hope to pick up of nativists who aren't already with them. They have alienated independents, seniors and young voters.  Their pervasive corruption and hypocrisy tends to demoralize even the fundamentalists.

The ONLY thing that can save the repugs now is another attack on US soil. The Dems need to take a leaf from Rove's book and relentlessly attack the GOP on their STRENGTH, the national security/antiterrorism issue.

Our side needs to do this now, preemptively, BEFORE the next attack. Hammer away on the fact that Bush let Bin Laden get away.  He pulled resources  out of Afghanistan to prepare for invading Iraq. He outsourced Tora Bora to Pakistan, despite ISI's history of support for the Taliban.

We all know this, and the public is vaguely aware of it. With loud and constant repetition, (Kerry scored with this in the first debate, but didn't follow up) this narrative will sink in, and the sickening era of right wing dominance will come to an end.