Fighting Rove and Co.
Madam President: Shattering the Last Glass Ceiling
by Eleanor Clift
Web-Exclusive Commentary
Newsweek Updated: 2:11 p.m. ET June 16, 2006 -
It’s appalling that an administration led by chicken hawks dares to build an election strategy based on lecturing combat veterans, but it is devilishly clever, and it might work. The Swift Boat veterans destroyed Kerry in 2004; and in 2002, losing three limbs in Vietnam didn’t save Georgia Sen. Max Cleland from attacks on his patriotism. Rove told the GOP faithful that if the Democrats were in charge, Iraq would fall to the terrorists and Zarqawi would not be dead. As offensive as those words are, Rove is doing his job, which is sliming the Democrats so Republicans can cling to power on Capitol Hill. He is politicizing the war for partisan political gain, a strategy that could backfire if events on the ground in Iraq deteriorate.
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The Democrats need to sit down and have a serious powwow. The leaders of the party need to figure out how to get everyone together. When I say everyone, I mean everyone including environmentalists, the antiwar crowd, the pro-choice crowd, the unions and the independence all need to come together for this election. If not, liberals will again be divided in conquered.



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