Back in the day, Edwards was the best at this sort of framing, labelling the unpopular surge as the "McCain Doctrine," calling Giuliani's foreign policy "George Bush without the thinking," and so forth.  Regrettably, they've kind of gotten away from that.

Part of the problem is that Democratic voters are more interested in policies and real solutions as opposed to hearing the sorts of juvenile putdowns the Republicans specialize in.  But still, either you ridicule the Republican version of foreign policy and relegate it to the late-night comedy bits where it belongs, or you're going to have to deal with their idiocy again and again.

several times during the campaign. Not that the media have noticed much. For instance:

http://www.johnedwards.com/news/headline s/20070810-giuliani-comments/index.html

Chapel Hill, North Carolina - John Edwards for President National Campaign Manager Congressman David Bonior released the following statement in response to former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's comments that he was at ground zero in New York City "as often, if not more" than rescue workers.

"Evidently, Rudy Giuliani has taken a break from reality. It is outrageous for Giuliani to suggest, in any way, shape or form, that he did more at ground zero or spent more time there than the brave first responders who worked tirelessly around the clock for many months during the rescue and recovery operation. It seems that Giuliani is determined to take every opportunity to exploit the memory of 9/11 for political gain, rather than honor the incredible sacrifices of our first responders. Enough is enough.

"Mayor Giuliani should start answering the serious questions of why firefighters and other first responders didn't have proper equipment and support. The 9/11 Commission and National Institute of Standards & Technology reports have documented the failures of the broken radio communications system, a splintered chain of command and an unprepared Office of Emergency Management under his watch as mayor. These are the questions he needs to answer."

Also this:

http://www.johnedwards.com/news/press-re leases/20070805-giuliani-response/index. html

John Edwards for President National Press Secretary Eric Schultz released the following statement about Rudy Giuliani's comments today during the GOP debate attacking Senator John Edwards' plan to restore fairness to our tax code. Edwards recently released a plan that raises the tax rate on capital gains to 28 percent for families earning more than $250,000. Additionally, Edwards proposed a "Get Ahead" credit cutting taxes on the savings of Americans up to $75,000.

"Today, Rudy Giuliani showed yet again that all he has to offer America is four more years of George W. Bush. Giuliani, Bush and the greedy special interests they represent want to keep Washington rigged. That all ends when John Edwards is sworn-in, the lobbyists are kicked out, and regular people start getting a fair shot."

I should note that Biden has called out Rudy while campaigning in Iowa. For instance, this is from a liveblog of a Biden campaign stop in Iowa in July:

http://commoniowan.blogspot.com/2007/07/ joe-biden-liveblog-in-des-moines.html

Biden opens it up for questions. I miss the first question, but Biden is using it to talk about national security. Biden says we haven't implemented any of the national security initiatives from the 9/11 commission because this administration doesn't want to mess up with their tax cuts.

Biden says he can't wait to debate Rudy Giulliani on the issue of national security because he will eat him for lunch. The notion of Democrats being weak on terror is totally wrong. He explains the reason we failed in New Orleans is because the national guard can't communicate with the local police. The FBI can't communicate with the mayor. The reason they can't communicate is the radio companies were given ownership of the bandwidth when radio was switching from digital and analog. These companies don't want to give this bandwidth back and our national security is weakened because of it. If there is no reason to have public financed elections, it is this.

George Bush and Rudy Giuliani's disastrous Iraq War

Remember that only Barack Obama can say this.  If Hillary tried to use this line it would sound completely ridiculous since she voted for the Iraq War and supported it for years.

Yes, yes, yes.  Don't allow the Republican candidates to distance themselves from W.  I propose we start calling them "Wudy", "John McBush", and "Fred W. Thompson".