I'm sorry, but this is hilarious.

From ABCNews.com's The Note, this is satirical display of leaked Republican and Democrat memos outlying a strategy for success in the 2006 midterm elections. The first is the Republican memo.

REPUBLICAN MEMO:

To: the Honorable Karl C. Rove
From: [name redacted]
Date: 1/25/2006
Re: Strong and Right

Seems pretty simple — no metaphors required:

Faith, family, and freedom. Keep you safer. Lower taxes and less government. Reform, reform, reform. Some Democrats have a pre-9/11 mindset. Howard Dean, John Kerry, Michael Moore.

This is the Democratic memo:

Grammarian's apologies: Posting error required redaction of the Dem memo. Trust me, it was funny. And long.