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To: Alighieri who wrote (461607)	3/6/2009 12:19:28 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574711

Color me naive except I don't think the Dems will bring Rush down.....I think he will on his own. That's not what they are trying to do Ted. Among his followers he's very popular and when it's done he'll be even more popular. No...the goal is to use his popularity among the dittoheads, the rednecks and more extreme of the "conservative" crowd to paint the GOP as such, thus turning the moderate center and the young further away from the GOP. It's a good marketing strategy...if the dems manage to define the GOP as the party of unenlightened zero ideas rednecks it will lose the center and it could take a generation to change that perception. For now it seems to be working, but it's a bit early to tell if will stick... I don't disagree with you. In fact, what I said to Ten supports what you are saying........I don't think the Dems want to or will bring Rush down. I think eventually he will do all on his own.

To: Alighieri who wrote (461607)	3/6/2009 12:23:05 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574711

"No...the goal is to use his popularity among the dittoheads, the rednecks and more extreme of the "conservative" crowd to paint the GOP as such, thus turning the moderate center and the young further away from the GOP" Yep. That is precisely what they are doing. And they aren't even a little subtle about it. "For now it seems to be working, but it's a bit early to tell if will stick..." Hard to say. If Steele gets forced out, it will only solidify this. So, it very well may be that the Republicans wind up being saddled with Steele to keep this from happening. Hmm... Nah, they aren't thinking that deeply.