Richard Pombo and the Republican Message

At the SF Gate Clinton summarizes the Republican message:

"He said Republicans have run up the national debt, gotten American troops into a war with no clear exit strategy and have done little to help the middle class. Given that, he said, the Republicans are hoping to capitalize on people's fears to prevail on Election Day.

The GOP's message, according to Clinton, is this: 'If you vote for those Democrats, they're going to tax you into the poor house, and on the way to the poor house you'll meet a terrorist on every street corner. And when you try to run away from the terrorist, you will trip over an illegal immigrant.'

'Now as near as I can tell,' he continued, 'that's their campaign.'