- Why did they release the thing now?
- Are they trying to hide something else?
- Will they challenge Trump to reveal what's under that comb-over?
The only thing I can think of right now is that Obama & Company see a chance to split the opposition in a big way. ie: peel off a big chunk of the Repub base. They're betting that a bunch of the wingnuts will reject the evidence (and just get nuttier) and that the Repub leadership will be faced with having to choose between two or more equally bad alternatives.
If they back away from that part of their base in any substantial way, they'll lose the Ground Support that gets their people out to vote. But if they don't figure out how to make it look like they're pushing back towards the center, they'll lose the Moderates and Independents. Either way, they stand to lose the 2012 elections - HUGELY.
I wonder also about where the Repubs will put all the unidentifiable money they get to spend. I'm almost willing to bet that they'll put the emphasis on State and Local races, kinda ceding the Federal level to the Dems, with the strategy of pitting "the plucky local patriot against Big Bad Centralized Power".
As always, we'll have to wait and see, but this makes me think something important is happening.
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