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It does always fascinate me when people think up global strategies based upon what we THINK people will feel or do.
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Ooh! Ooh!, Let me GH!
ALL strategies are on what the strategist thinks side B will do when side A moves.
How the hell else do you think a strategy is formulated? Why do you think we spend so much time talking about the fog of war? Why do you think the strategy HAS to be a living thing?
As far as the two parties being the same - we are in an election year, so you what you see is a shift to center to get elected. That means they understand that the majority is not extremist -hardly surprising that most people are "normal"!
You saw a glimpse of the differences during the Democratic Primary - Howard Dean, but where is he now? You don't see it much on the Republican side right now because there is no primary.
Doesn't do much good to go after the hardline on the left or right during an election - they have those votes already mostly. The center is what determines who wins.
Once the election is over, they'll go back to appealing to their own sides. That's why voting for someone for how they campaign is so dangerous, that's not who they are, its who they need to be to win. Look at what they did and said when they were in mid term. You think the hard right knew Bush was going to push for the illegal immigrant legalization? LOL