Posted on 11/05/2004 10:39:01 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After losing back-to-back presidential elections, Democratic leaders are trying to figure out how to make the party more relevant to mainstream Americans and keep it from slipping into perpetual minority-party status.
And the task is daunting, many Democratic consultants and leaders agree.
Republicans have cut deeply into formerly Democratic areas in rural America, the Sunbelt, and among Hispanics, the nation's fastest-growing minority group. They have made gains on "family values" issues, winning over social conservatives who previously voted Democratic on economic issues, while keeping their advantage on national defense. (Small inroads make difference for Bush)
"We were on a tough playing field," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, suggesting Republicans had made inroads among socially conservative former Democrats by emphasizing "wedge issues" like gay marriage and abortion. (Democrats debate what went wrong)
Ballot measures in 11 states to ban gay marriage also helped boost turnout for Republicans.
Democrats also have no strong leader to pull the party out of the wilderness.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Their "new" approach: Lie like hell. Pretend to be not elitist while pushing surrogate decision-making as general policy.
The new leaders of the DemonicRat party need to reach out to some of their followers and Knock Some Heads....
See the incredible story linked at #18.
I want those states too come 2008. In the mean time I want 4 conservative Supreme Justices appointed this term, 60 seat majority in 2006. How is that for more to lose by the Democrats?
The spin has already started.
They want to be taken seriously again? Telling Hollyweird to take a hike would be a good start.
And from the original post:Democratic leaders are trying to figure out how to make the party more relevant to mainstream Americans
But they are only talking about APEARING to be more relevant. They still don't get that their ideas are wrong for America, only the marketing technique. Dog poop in a pretty wrapper is still dog poop!
Let 'em go to Cananda, France, or wherever. The '06 elections will be even redder!
OOO OOO! I KNOW MR. KOTTER!
1) Stop the war on the Boy Scouts! (straight outta 1984 - The wholesome is unwholesome and the unwholesome is wholesome)
2) Stop murdering BABIES!!!! (44 million at last count!)
3) Stop your blatant reverse racism!
4) Stop trying to steal our guns!
5) Stop the LIES!
6) Stop trying to take God out of our lives!
7) Stop giving aid and comfort to the enemy!
8) Stop the gay agenda!
9) Stop the war against business!
10) Stop trying to tax us to death!
11) Stop blaming America for everything! Especially 911!
12) Stop attacking our soldiers!
13) Stop trying to gut every military appropriation in existence!
14) Stop blaming victims of crimes and siding with the perps!
15) Stop backing this country's dependence on foreign oil!
16) Stop looking to the UN and Old Europe for the direction the US should take!
17) Stop PETA and ELF terrorism!
18) Stop blocking judicial nominations just because they're conservative!
19) Stop thinking that anyone who doesn't think like you is a moronidiotnumbskull!
20) Take a bath on occasion!
There's a start. Do these things and you'll START to become more like the mainstream American.
Godspeed and God Bless!
(And a belated WOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO! (I was out of town monitoring election machines on election day :) ) )
GOOOOOOD JOOOOOOOB!!!!
They may not pull it together by 2008, but at some point, a competitive opposition party will emerge. The only way it can be competitive, however, is to follow Zell's list.
If the Dems think they got 'out-Christianed', they're gonna have to purge the party of all the anti-Americans and try to 'out-patriot' the Republicans. Until the crazy libs are shoved out into a fringe left group (the Greens?), we're just going to keep cleaning their clocks.
The reason for the failure of the Democrats to get Kerry elected is due to their ignorance of the character of President Bush.
They made the issue about DEMOCRATS vs. REPUBLICANS.
The issue was not that Bush was a Republican, and therefore he was the bad guy that Democrats insist Republicans are.
The issue was George Bush's character as an individual.
The Democrats picked a man to support whose character had 'nuances' that many voters do not like. His campaign staff went all out to try and convince the public that he had the 'traits' that the people desired, when in truth, he did not.
He tried to HIDE his flaws, and stage having traits he did not.
President Bush has never tried to hide his traits or flaws.
He has always responded to critcisms (now and when running for governor) by stating that his record is open and available to the public. He has never tried to defend his character for that reason. He doesn't have to.
He has stood his ground on his personal convictions and political convictions, even when it would risk his 'popularity'.
I didn't vote for President Bush because he was a Republican. I voted for him because of who HE WAS.
He emulated the highest ideals of the REPUBLICAN PARTY. Some Republicans do, some don't. Some Democratic politicians emulate the ideals of the Democratic party, but I think it reasonable to say MOST DON'T.
THAT IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THAT IS WHY THEY LOST MORE THAN THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT, this time.
The very best campaign donation I gave this year was to the Swift Boat Vets...no contest. They saved the country.
The behavior and words of the lunatic libs like Pelosi Galore after the election will damage their party even more.
Americans hate whining losers, and they are seeing the rotten side of life's losers.
Keeping whining Pelosi.
Right on!
Yes, I sent them some a donation too.
They got their message out.
Got to finish reading their book ....
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