if (preg_match('/ The Party of No vs. the Party of No Plan New polls from the national media reflect what the politicians at the White House and RNC see in their own million dollar data dumps: the President's two waddles from becoming a lame duck. That has Republicans trying to distance themselves from the President willy nilly — a bunch of headless chickens refusing to follow the lame duck. The bottom line is the Republicans have spent nearly 8 months since the last election trying to come up with something the American people actually support. As time ticks down to the next election and the Party in charge of the White House and Congress seems blocked at every turn — there's mounting frustration at 310 First Street, SE — and that has to be worrying the boss over at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Losing Control The signs have been there for weeks. Republicans — facing off-year elections next year — have gotten an early start distancing themselves from President Bush:
Republicans accuse Democrats of being the "Party of No" — simply opposing anything the Republicans bring up. A better name might be "The Party of Give the GOP Enough Rope."
Mr Rove threw himself on a political hand grenade to rally the GOP around their leader. But he has only galvanized the Democrats. And independents and moderates and everyone else who remembers the uncommon sense of national unity that persisted in the weeks after 9/11. 
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Article comments
1 - ken abbott
Your article about karl rove was spot on - we are all americans unified against terrorism. His cowardly attempts to divide us will not work in the end. I am a republican and I asm ashamed of him and bush. Perhaps rove should remember that many good democrats and liberals, such as my father, fought in WW2 to defeat an enemy under the leadership of another democrat, FDR, who knew how to win a war(unlike bush) and who knew who the real enemy is (unlike bush re downing street memo.
2 - Nancy
Karl Rove would be a scandal and a shame to any party who utilized him, not just the Republicans. The sorry part is, the GOP - and the President especially - have counted him among their nearest & dearest, thus revealing their own current state of moral/ ethical bankruptcy (or desperation, or cynical ruthlessness), since even a cursory look at Rove's 'career' in lies, slander, libel, and dirty tricks in general makes pretty sordid reading. Had the Dems employed him first, they would have been equally stained by close association w/Rove. He's a disgrace as a human being, not because he's R or D.