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To: Ron who wrote (95597)	1/15/2007 7:27:30 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 361584

Rozell: GOP may lose military vote fredericksburg.com January 15, 2007 12:00 am In part because of President Bush's plans for an Iraq troop level surge, the Republican Party may be in danger of losing one of its most dependable voting blocs - the military vote - according to Mark J. Rozell, professor of public policy at George Mason University in Fairfax. "The Republican base is seriously splintering - and mostly due to the Iraq war," Rozell said Sunday. "Pro-military Republicans have been disgruntled for some time because of the view that the administration did not do enough to support the needs of the troops. There was a good deal of anger within the military, especially directed at former Secretary Rumsfeld." America's voluntary military has tended to vote Republican, but the need to keep rotating troops back into Iraq is testing the loyalty of military families to the GOP, Rozell said. "Loyal party groups don't switch allegiances easily," Rozell said. "But there is definitely serious disaffection within the military over the administration's leadership in the Iraq war." He said the GOP may hope that supporting a Democratic presidential candidate like Hilary Clinton, John Edwards or Barack Obama may be difficult for conservative-leaning military families. "I suppose the one thing that Republicans can cling to still is their confidence that many in the military will not conclude that going to the other party will solve their problem," Rozell said. Before moving to Catholic University, then George Mason, Rozell, a well -known political pundit, taught at Mary Washington College - now the University of Mary Washington - in Fredericksburg. ---Michael Zitz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2007 The Free Lance-Star Publishing Company.