The First Salvo

Today President GW Bush fired the first salvo in the struggle between the Republicans and Democrats for the White House in November. By invoking the Nazis in a speech before the Knesset in Israel, GW hammered a wedge between the Jewish vote in America and the Democratic Party's front runner by painting the Democratic front runner as a Nazi appeaser. The wining strategy for the Republicans is going to be divide and conquer. Split off the different demographic groups in the Demcoratic Party by painting its front runner as a Liberal Extremist.

Also the Democratic Party's front runner gains little traction politically against his Republican rival John McCain by going after GW Bush's statements to Israels Knesset. GW is so heartily reviled by the Democrats already what is one more insult? By going after GW Bush there might be unintended consequences in that it might actually rally the Republican base against the Democratic Party's front runner. It is a win win for the Republicans to use GW Bush as the heavy.