GOP message--Dems have put us on wrong track

Washington Times:

House Republican leaders, facing a potentially disastrous election this fall, will introduce a campaign message today in which they promise voters "the change you deserve" while arguing that Democrats in Congress have dropped the ball, according to a leadership strategy memo to rank-and-file members.

"It starts with this: Washington is broken, the American people want it fixed, and Democrats in Washington have proven unable or unwilling to get the job done. Republicans will," says the memorandum, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times.

The message being circulated today is part of a campaign strategy on which the leadership will brief members this week. It includes a scheduled Wednesday announcement of the party's new "American Families Agenda."

A top Republican aide, who did not want to reveal too much, said the families agenda is a blueprint for addressing challenges confronting families and will seek to replace outdated laws to help women with children who work outside the home and families in which both parents work. These kinds of voters often lean Democratic.

The overall election strategy includes short-term and long-term plans — to be introduced next week — that will tackle the rising costs of gasoline and diesel fuel, the aide said.

Beginning in June, Republicans will tout proposals to deal with health care, the economy and national security.

"Americans have seen firsthand the change Democrats are making, and it is moving America in the wrong direction. To the American people, we say that Republicans will deliver 'the change you deserve,' " the memo says.

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Seizing the wrong track issue will be key to winning this fall. One thing that jumps out is that the Democrat energy policy has close to doubling the price of fuel. Their strangling of supply has driven costs ever higher to a point where conservation is irrelevant. Their control freak health care plans would gives us rationed health care.

Democrats are also making us more vulnerable by making our intelligence agencies jump through hoops to intercept enemy communications. Democrats have embraced the terrorist rights over the rights of Americans to defend themselves.