"Two years of Pelosi gives a good idea of what four years of Hillary will be like. They are both committed liberals and we will make that clear to the American people." -- Tom Delay
Republicans aren't shy about admitting that their hopes for retaking Congress and holding on to the White House in 2008 hinge on swiftboating Speaker-in-waiting Nancy Pelosi and "associat[ing] her in voters' minds with Senator Hillary Clinton."
After all, they are both women. And we know how frantic Republicans get when they are confronted with women who are beyond their control.
It's painfully obvious that if the Democrats are going to withstand the swiftboating, they're going have to do a better job of presenting a united front.
Telegraph.UK:
They now plan to focus on the difficulty she is likely to have in running the House, splits within Democrat ranks on Iraq and her boast that she we will oversee "the most ethical Congress ever" in the wake of Republican corruption scandals. "Pelosi has set the bar extraordinarily high for the conduct of her caucus, herself and even Hillary," said a former Republican House strategist. . .
A senior Republican operative who planned the damaging advertisements against Sen John Kerry, the Democrats' presidential candidate in 2004, predicted that it would not be easy to turn Mrs Pelosi into a surrogate target for Mrs Clinton.
"If Hillary has been able to separate herself from criticisms of her own husband, she'll try to do the same with Pelosi," he said. "She and her people are very smart and they will try to highlight the difference between the two women. You will see Hillary move more to the centre."
But a former strategist for a Republican House leader said: "If Pelosi comes across as not ready for prime time, that's going to hamstring Hillary. Fair or not, people can't help but make that comparison… Even Hillary's people are recognising that their fates are linked."
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