The polls haven't been looking good lately. Part of this is simply erratic movements in polls and some post-convention bounce for the Republicans. But part of the story is real. The Republicans have again managed to paint the Democrats as wimps.

While some of this is just vicious/racist garbage (e.g. Rudy Giuliani's complaints that the Dems don't talk about "Islamic terrorism) some of the wimp riff was handed to them by the Dems. Specifically the "you're on your own" theme that Senator Obama and his campaign have seized upon.

The Republicans are no more about "you're on your own" than the Dems. They just think that the government is there to give a helping hand to rich people.

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