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....there are plenty of "disaffected" republicans who now find themselves in a dilemma. They do not want to vote for a Democrat, and they find no one in their own party who really represents their interests as they see them. Third partly campaigns are attractive to them. They are searching for a solution out of this mess and do not see one.
As Democrats we need to understand that these voters may be the difference in the Nov midterm elections, and we have an obligation to help them find a choice they can live with.
I do not advocate asking anyone to "not vote" and not exercise their constitutional right to vote. However, there is a difference between advocating that these disaffected republicans not vote, and asking them to "not vote for and support the current Bush/NeoCon aligned republicans" on the slate of candidates."
Republicans cannot win without these voters. Worth repeating .... Republicans cannot win without these voters.
Democrats are going to turn out at the polls in November. If these disaffected republicans "stay home" not only do Republicans not win, Republicans will have very little to work with to "steal" the elections. There will be a gap which is too large for Republicans to close by shady vote counting/vote switching without it being blatantly obvious to everyone that the election was stolen.
So part of the campaign needs to be different than in the past. We would like to convert everyone into Democrats, but to win we need to speak directly to disaffected republicans and appeal to them not to support the party of a failed war, incompetence and corruption. For their children's sake, and everyone else's. If we succeed in this effort, Democrats win in Nov and in 2008. Guaranteed.
IF you have any doubts about this strategy, take a look at what Karl Rove and the Republicans are attempting to do in the Lieberman/Lamont race. They are attempting to appeal to disaffected Democrats to swing them the Republican side, or at the least to discourage them from voting for Democrat Lamont - which would affect all of the other races in which Democrats need every vote to win.
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