The House Republican Conference has given its members "suggested responses" to Democratic arguments.

The Democratic argument was simple: We are the party of the working man; they are the party of the rich.

They overwhelmed Democratic arguments that the top income quintile was benefiting the most.

Republican Congressional officials have said that they find the Democratic arguments over the nature of the investigation to be silly and partisan.

Democratic arguments against welfare reform were based on the idea that big-city mayors and Democratic local elected officials should have more authority.

In that context, the old Democratic argument about fair shares is much stronger.

So far, however, that Democratic argument has not swayed Republicans.

The main Democratic argument against tax cuts, though, is that there are better things to do with whatever surpluses do materialize.

One is to contradict the Democratic argument, made tellingly in the elections, that the Republican Party doesn't care about education.

"Every time he was the voice of the Republican agenda it made the Democratic arguments that much easier."