In his latest piece for the Atlantic, Jim Fallows seems to lay out the GOP line of attack come this fall in this analysis of the President's SOTU:
My guess is that George Bush's suddenly-revived Wilsonian tone reflects his Administration's long-standing belief that it does best when playing offense. Apologize for the NSA program, or try to explain it away? Hell no! Make the people who question it apologize for their laxness about American security!
My gut instict tells me this will work for the GOP. The public is unhappy but they will cling to the idea that somehow this president is still up to the job of protecting them and that like in 2004 will be the clincher. Which is why, the Dems need to push way out front the likes of John Murtha, someone who can articulate much like Bush does what we truly need to be doing when it comes to Iraq and terrorism. The Kaine approach is not working.
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