Demo Problems

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"I would argue, however, that the problem for the Democrats is not that disaffected red state Bush voters feel that way — it’s that I feel that way, and so do large numbers of the activist base who show up at this and other progressive blog sites. It’s a direct product of the 'don’t rock the boat' politics of the DSCC, the DCCC and everyone running for President in 2008. I remember when the Feingold censure resolution came up and we were told that the Dubai Ports matter was polling really, really well for the Democrats and nobody wanted to take the focus off that with something so risky as censure. That’s great, they want to follow where public opinion polls are going. The key word here being follow — you know, as opposed to lead.

By the time the Democrats jumped on the Dubai Ports issue, all the air had gone out of it — it was energetically dead. While it was still alive, John Edwards went on Meet the Press and refused to push the Republicans on the topic’s sore spots. Nobody really seemed to care about stepping out in front of it; they were all happy to shout 'me, too!' once it was already off the stage."