Dewey proposed a similar plan that he claimed would fix the economy. To everyone's surprise Truman immediately agreed that the Dewey plan would work. Truman called the Congress back into session and submitted Dewey's plan to the Republican controlled congress. He publicly begged Dewey to work with him to get the Dewey plan passed. Truman said, "I don't care if Dewey and the Republicans get the credit... I want the economy fixed and NOW!!!."
Dewey did nothing but squirm and the Republican congress adjourned after 10 days. They adjourned with out passing the Dewey plan.
That stupidity cost Dewey the election. Even the Truman internal polls showed Dewey was going to win. But on election day, the voters went to the polls and elected Truman. Dewey was a fake and Harry had proved it.
It is very dangerous to offer a plan especially a secret plan and make it work. Nixon did it as did Ike. But it depends on your opponent not callling your bluff. Dubya is a student of history. He is not Hubert H. Humphry or Adlai Stevenson. Duya is a great poker player he knows when to call the pot. And the first debate will be a wonderful place to call it.
As Truman said so many decades ago, "The only thing new under the political sun is the history you don't know."
Hah hah, Biden says the French and Germans will come along because they won't have Bush as an excuse anymore. Yep, that'll do it.
You are one of the treasures of FR. Thanks for your knowledge, as usual.
The "secret plan" codswaddle from Kerry is the heigth of hypocrisy.
If he can sit there and say "I can fix it, I can do it better, I can make it work," then it is his obligation to the country and our servicemen to tell us how NOW, rather than wait for reasons of political expediency while even a single soldier dies.
To sit there and effectively say "I will only tell you if you elect me" smacks of "It is my ball, and if I can't play, I am going home and taking it with me."
What a childish putz.
The President has to call him out on this.
beware of Kerry setting up bush with a plan when bush confronts him. All lawyers know not to ask the witness if you dont already know the answer. We need to demand a look at Kerry's Plan NOW