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Monday, March 20, 2006
The Prowler reports on the Democrats' efforts to come up with a positive message. So far, all they've got is the insistence that they have a positive message, but nothing actually to say. They haven't gotten that far and then just fall back on their criticisms of Bush's incompetence and the "rubber stamp" Congress. But if all they have is the anti-rubber stamp promise of what they'd do if they were in charge of Congress, they still don't have any message of what they are for.
Of course, the GOP is in no better shape. They can't agree on what their message is either. They are for smaller government except when it comes to actually putting together a budget.The struggles reflect philosophical differences among competing factions within the party, but they also underscore the political consequences of holding power. Republicans insist they remain united around core principles of smaller government, lower taxes and a strong national defense, but can no longer agree on how to implement that philosophy and are squabbling over their delivery on those commitments.I suspect that this will be come yet another election when people are more likely to vote against the other party than for their own party. So, the whole effort will be to demonize the other side and get their own voters so angry that they will get off their duffs and go vote against the opposing party.
That is why the Feingold censure resolution was such a gift to the Republicans, because it was a reminder to disgruntled Republican voters of what they would face if the Democrats took control of Congress. Even someone like Congressman Jim Moran, Democrat of Virginia, gets this."Every time we get in a great strategic position, we manage to energize the Republican base," Rep. James P. Moran, Virginia Democrat, told The Washington Times.Of course, Feingold is also motivating the liberal base so their anti-Bush anger can't be safely ignored by the Democratic Party. That's why Democrats, like Dick Durbin on Fox News Sunday are set on a message of calling for more investigations and hearings so that the politicians can have a safe harbor fallback position of criticizing Bush but not alienating moderates and energizing the GOP. What this situation seems to call for is a full-throated weasly position.
"Everything is going well for the Democrats and President Bush is tanking in the polls, and then Russ Feingold comes up with the idea of censure, which is going to go nowhere and is not just quixotic but is somewhat self-serving," he said.
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The Prowler reports on the Democrats' efforts to come up with a positive message. So far, all they've got is the insistence that they have a positive message, but nothing actually to say. They haven't gotten that far and then just fall back on their criticisms of Bush's incompetence and the "rubber stamp" Congress. But if all they have is the anti-rubber stamp promise of what they'd do if they were in charge of Congress, they still don't have any message of what they are for.
Of course, the GOP is in no better shape. They can't agree on what their message is either. They are for smaller government except when it comes to actually putting together a budget.
That is why the Feingold censure resolution was such a gift to the Republicans, because it was a reminder to disgruntled Republican voters of what they would face if the Democrats took control of Congress. Even someone like Congressman Jim Moran, Democrat of Virginia, gets this.
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The Prowler reports on the Democrats' efforts to come up with a positive message. So far, all they've got is the insistence that they have a positive message, but nothing actually to say. They haven't gotten that far and then just fall back on their criticisms of Bush's incompetence and the "rubber stamp" Congress. But if all they have is the anti-rubber stamp promise of what they'd do if they were in charge of Congress, they still don't have any message of what they are for.
Of course, the GOP is in no better shape. They can't agree on what their message is either. They are for smaller government except when it comes to actually putting together a budget.
The struggles reflect philosophical differences among competing factions within the party, but they also underscore the political consequences of holding power. Republicans insist they remain united around core principles of smaller government, lower taxes and a strong national defense, but can no longer agree on how to implement that philosophy and are squabbling over their delivery on those commitments.I suspect that this will be come yet another election when people are more likely to vote against the other party than for their own party. So, the whole effort will be to demonize the other side and get their own voters so angry that they will get off their duffs and go vote against the opposing party.
That is why the Feingold censure resolution was such a gift to the Republicans, because it was a reminder to disgruntled Republican voters of what they would face if the Democrats took control of Congress. Even someone like Congressman Jim Moran, Democrat of Virginia, gets this.
"Every time we get in a great strategic position, we manage to energize the Republican base," Rep. James P. Moran, Virginia Democrat, told The Washington Times.Of course, Feingold is also motivating the liberal base so their anti-Bush anger can't be safely ignored by the Democratic Party. That's why Democrats, like Dick Durbin on Fox News Sunday are set on a message of calling for more investigations and hearings so that the politicians can have a safe harbor fallback position of criticizing Bush but not alienating moderates and energizing the GOP. What this situation seems to call for is a full-throated weasly position.
"Everything is going well for the Democrats and President Bush is tanking in the polls, and then Russ Feingold comes up with the idea of censure, which is going to go nowhere and is not just quixotic but is somewhat self-serving," he said.
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