Polarity Prevails...For Now
With Republicans and Democrats playing off different presentations of the Iraq War, it appears that each are substantially right and left of the median floor preference, respectively. Republicans spin Democrats as in the wrong for wanting to set a withdrawal timetable, whereas Democrats spin Republicans as bad for wanting to invest in a campaign that seems to have increasingly diminished returns. As the months go by, some middle partisans will likely become more moderate in their funding and withdrawal stances such that a timetable will be decided. This makes sense given that most voters are tired of hearing back-and-forth rhetoric without action, so some MCs have to budge towards the median preference or be faced with electoral backlash, particularly in the House.
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it just sounds like politics as usual. it's interesting because this is the strategy the two parties seemed to use in the past election, with disastrous results for the republicans. in the last election more of the democrats were moderates. it will be interesting to see in the next crop of republicans are more moderate and less in line with bush's policies.
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