As IBD's own poll showed today, the forecast for the fall election is looking plenty grim for the Democrats. Things have gotten so bad that even the White House has acknowledged they could lose control of the House.Other Democrats are not so worried though. They have a cunning plan that will carry them through: Attack George W. Bush. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., explained it to reporters today:
Do I think there are ... enough seats in play? Probably close. The fact that they are in play does not by any stretch of the imagination mean that I think we are going to lose the House. I don't think we are going to lose the House ...So they are not going to highlight their record or achievements. They are going to attack somebody who left the White House years ago and isn't on the ballot anywhere. That's not a model for success.
The American public, I think, over the next few months is going to focus on whether they want to go back to the failed policies of Bush and the Republican Congress, which had such a disastrous result during the first 8 years of this decade, actually the first 10 years ... .
I think the American public, hopefully, are going to reflect on that. We are certainly going to be talking about that. I am going to be talking about that.