Bush said he was a uniter, not a divider. But, Bush is a liar, that was never true. The Bush/Rove political strategy has always been to divide and conquer. It worked for them last year when they still had many Americans duped in to believing that they would keep them safe.
Those days are over. The analysis of the 2005 elections is showing that the Bush/Rove strategy hit a brick wall:
Republican hopes for a quick morale boost had centered on conservative Virginia. Instead, the gubernatorial results there raised concerns among some Republicans that Bush's favored political strategy of mobilizing conservative voters by dividing the electorate on cultural and social issues may have prompted a backlash among voters in inner and outer suburbs who were vital to Bush's reelection in 2004.Interesting how the conclusion that Bush and Rove's game plan is tanking comes from both Democrats and Republicans:
"It's not just that they lost these elections," said Democratic pollster Geoffrey Garin, "but that none of their old tricks worked that they've relied on to give them the edge in close contests."
Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.) said the GOP's reliance on cultural issues, popular with rural voters, "are just blowing up" in suburban and exurban communities. "You play to your rural base, you pay a price," he said.
