What happens if Democrats also start hitting below the belt?
They could attach an amendment that could outlaw divorce, another requiring the government to provide healthcare to all uninsured married individuals, or to propose a war tax and a national debt tax for all unmarried individuals to pay.
Then we can have a real debate.
If Bush really wants to win over a solid majority of the popular vote he would support John Breaux's healthcare proposal. Increasing numbers of babyboomers and blue collar workers must survive without basic medical coverage. But by embracing such a plan Bush could allow workers to move more easily from job to job without going broke by paying for COBRA. The plan would give these people a huge hand up rather than a hand out, and it would eliminate healthcare and economy completely as issues for Democrats to use against the Republicans! Even more importantly, such a move could win over 5-10% of the votes that Bush lost in 2000.
http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=103&subid=111&contentid=251186Finally Bush could take the Iraq issue of the table by using these forces to go after al-Qaeda, and removing the danger of our troops being used as walking targets for radical political factions in Iraq. This could bring in an additional 5-10% of the vote. Finally outlawing the practice of outsourcing, along with cracking down on corporations and employers that hire illegal immigrants over unemployed American workers..this could bring in another 5% of the vote on top of what he won last time.
I suppose the real question is..how much does he want those votes?
