Shailagh Murray and Charles Babington of the Washington Post offer their analysis of the Democrats "legislative manifesto" and conclude that the party is still unclear about its goals and agenda going into election 2006.
Exactly what does it take to come up with a list of core principles for a party? And, why did they waste so much time debating this year's slogan, "Together, America Can Do Better"? And, frankly, why are Democrats so worried that putting out an actual platform that would be easily understood by all might be seen as some sort of Gingrich "Contract With America" facsimile? In the whole damn scheme of things, who cares?
It's March, 2006. The elections are in November. While party leaders waste time deciding whether they'll go positive or negative (have they considered that they can actually do both at the same time?), they are wasting their political capital on petty infighting and disagreements.
As I've said before, it seems that all they have to do is put together a flier detailing all of the Bush presidency scandals: the lies, the corruption, the law-breaking, the failing wars, the lack of funding for national security - the list goes on and on - and hand that out to every American citizen if they want to regain power. Just put out the facts, stand up for what the Democratic Party believes in and get on with it. It's not that bloody difficult and their supporters deserve more than this intellectual masturbation that's currently stalled the party's efforts to move forward.
It's time to stop talking and it's time to start doing what will win this election: just tell the truth. It really is that simple.
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