Politics

The other day while watching the State of the Union address I started to wonder where it all went wrong. I had no idea how the Bush administration came to power and had less of an idea on how they maintained it. It seemed to me that virtually every policy adopted by this administration was a complete failure; going into detail on these failures would require a book so I will assume you agree with me on this issue. So how did they do it? How did they beat a seemingly excellent candidate in John Kerry, and how have they maintained power in the house and the senate? They are better politicians then the democrats. The fundamental problem with the Democratic Party is they run with the goal of taking votes from the republican base. This is a horribly flawed strategy. The reason the republicans keep winning is they unabashedly play to their base, making them look clear, decisive, and strong.