https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/04/the-gops-emerging-2016-strategy-has-a-good-chance-of-working/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:07:27 -0400<![CDATA[What I mean is this: the Republican impeachment disaster ultimately helped elect George W. Bush. It did so in two ways. First, although Americans blamed Republicans more for the debacle, it made everyone in Washington look awful. Americans hated the partisan knife-fighting. They hated how small their leaders looked. All of which made them more receptive to an anti-Washington message than they should have been in 2000 given the booming economy. Running against a de facto incumbent in Al Gore, Bush put frustration with Washington at the center of his campaign. He boasted endlessly about how he had worked with Democrats in Texas, and promised to be a “uniter not a divider,” something Gore—who had been present for the impeachment train wreck—could not.]]>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:45:42 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/04/the-gops-emerging-2016-strategy-has-a-good-chance-of-working-n98907