* is losing his "base", RNC is kicking off a "campaign-style offensive"...

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N1892736.htm

Bush turns to political base as war support wanes


WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Fighting a decline in public support for the Iraq war and his own leadership, U.S. President George W. Bush and Republican allies have chosen to court his political base with a campaign-style offensive against Democrats.

The Republican National Committee on Friday unveiled a new television advertisement accusing Senate Democrats of dishonesty for turning against a war they originally supported, although polls show the broad U.S. public following a similar track from support to disillusionment.

It was the latest volley in an offensive Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney launched last week to attack war critics as unpatriotic and hypocritical.

Analysts saw the push as a response by a worried White House to stop an erosion in popularity that has extended to Bush's bedrock supporters, such as military households, married voters and even the NASCAR auto-racing fans emblematic of his conservative base.

"bring it"

[Lex]

1. "offensive" being the key word here

I'm sure it'll be offensive as hell.

I hope the Dems are ready to counter whatever egregious lies are about to be told.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Typical, instead of addressing the problems, they launch a costly

PR campaign.

[aquart]

3. Sorta sweet and sad.

Like a bull elephant mounting a dead female elephant to see if sex will make her feel better. It always did before.

But now people just notice the fact that someone's getting screwed.

[LaurenG]

4. The republicans who are fighting against the truth are those who

will go out with the rest of the administration. Things are heating up. I look for developments that will sink the lot of them soon. Just my gut feeling.

[Nite Owl]

5. Desperation

This won't be an attack against the dems but risks being an attack against the American public. This could (should) backfire badly.

[long_green]

6. what the fuck else is new?

Those are their only ideas. Things going badly? Let's take this to the people (our people) like it's an election.

The defense of the war stuff is tailored the Lee Greenwood types; people too dumb to see what corporate looting is doing to them. The administration has run out of fat to burn.