It will not need an up or down vote in the Senate. The Democrats are reinforcing their base against the tax from the Green Party. Those voters who are concerned the most about the environment are more likely to vote for Nadar than our other voters. The Democrats cannot afford this kind of hemmorage from their base. I thought Lieberman gave a good speech, but I think the attacks on Republicanns are unworthy and debase the substance of what they have to say.
Voters are tired of political leaders running down the other side.
They want to hear what the candidates want to do, not the candidates description of what the other guy wants to do. I think that George W. will make a mistake if he gets into a lowroad, attack oriented campaign when he has so much to say in a positive vain about his vision. The Democrats have not yet outlined their vision and therefore it is a little too early to start attacking Republicans. The tax cuts that Mr. Bush envisions do not touch Social Security over payments. The Social Security surplus and Medicare surpluses are not touched in the Bush proposal and in fact Al Gore's tax cuts total two thirds of the Bush tax cuts.