After months of taking unanswered hits, there’s a palpable sense among Republicans in DC today that a corner is being turned, and that the cyclical news tide is turning.
Besides showing some welcome spunk, energy and good-natured ribbing of ABC’s Jake Tapper and NBC’s David Gregory, President Bush’s news conference this morning demonstrated the White House’s determination to turn the tables on Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and the rest of that whacked out, whiny and weak Daily Kos, Howard Dean, Moveon.org crowd.
Out of the mist of political despair comes the emerging GOP campaign message for the 2006 election:
In Iraq and in the fight against terror, the Dems have no plan other than to cut and run — as they always have; and as the economy is strong and getting stronger, the Dems will do what they always do: raise taxes.
While GOP morale was at a low point last week, Bush’s numbers are inching back up as Republicans drift home — but a sustained message of Dems cutting and running in Iraq and raising taxes on working families is just what’s needed.
It’s simple, true, and must be repeated a zillion times.
Let the GOP counterattack begin.