Someone's pushing a story.
I just think this is a really interesting example of someone pushing a story. I don't know who specifically is behind this, although I don't think it is a stretch to say that is a very connected dem maybe on the senate reelection committee or in the national party apparatus.
But the bottom line is that both the WaPo and LATimes ran big stories today about how the Republicans aren't able to recruit their first choice candidates for the house and senate seats coming up in the 2006 midterms. They both write from the same presumption that the growing unpopularity of the Republican gov't combined with all the scandal and corruption is scaring away the best candidates.
This does a whole bunch of stuff. 1) it adds the presumtion that any new repub candidate is not the "first choice." 2) it adds to the doubt first choices might have about running. 3) it adds to the perception that the repub's political fortunes are going downhill. 4) it validates and magnifies any doubts rank and file republicans might have. 5) it reminds everyone just how serious the repub corruption and scandal are. 6) it amplifies Bush's waning popularity. 7) ......
Talk about knee capping. I don't think this ever, and I mean ever, happens if Rove is still fully engaged. It's become pretty obvious that whoever is working in his place is not half the man.
It also validates my general thesis that the washington press are not crooked whores kowtowing to the republicans. The washington press are crooked whores who kowtow to whoever's in power. And if the dems want to get their favorable coverage, they're gonna have to take a chunk out of the collective republican ass.
Anyhow, I'd really like to find the source for these story ideas and shake their hand. That's some seriously good work.
But the bottom line is that both the WaPo and LATimes ran big stories today about how the Republicans aren't able to recruit their first choice candidates for the house and senate seats coming up in the 2006 midterms. They both write from the same presumption that the growing unpopularity of the Republican gov't combined with all the scandal and corruption is scaring away the best candidates.
This does a whole bunch of stuff. 1) it adds the presumtion that any new repub candidate is not the "first choice." 2) it adds to the doubt first choices might have about running. 3) it adds to the perception that the repub's political fortunes are going downhill. 4) it validates and magnifies any doubts rank and file republicans might have. 5) it reminds everyone just how serious the repub corruption and scandal are. 6) it amplifies Bush's waning popularity. 7) ......
Talk about knee capping. I don't think this ever, and I mean ever, happens if Rove is still fully engaged. It's become pretty obvious that whoever is working in his place is not half the man.
It also validates my general thesis that the washington press are not crooked whores kowtowing to the republicans. The washington press are crooked whores who kowtow to whoever's in power. And if the dems want to get their favorable coverage, they're gonna have to take a chunk out of the collective republican ass.
Anyhow, I'd really like to find the source for these story ideas and shake their hand. That's some seriously good work.
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