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I was just reading Saturday's washingtonpost.com news summary, which was topped by the following entry:

Rove Offers Republicans A Battle Plan For Elections
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove offered a biting preview of the 2006 midterm elections yesterday, drawing sharp distinctions with the Democrats over the campaign against terrorism, tax cuts and judicial philosophy, and describing the opposition party as backward-looking and bereft of...

It was easy to guess what word the ellipses replaced—I'm familiar with Republican talking points by now—but it amused me to come up with possible alternatives to the obvious. Some ideas that maybe Karl can use next time, if he wants to shake things up a bit:

style
fashion sense
anything remotely resembling a sense of humor
a spine
a game plan for invading Iran
friends at Halliburton
Bush baggage (bonus: this one's alliterative!)

Want to play? Add your suggestions in the comments.