The Liberals are again making tactical mistakes.
It is universally acknowledges there are certain issues perceived as strengths (rightly or wrongly) by the American people as due to each party.
Ex. No matter what a Republican does, Democrats by default are given props for health care. Ex. No matter what a Democrat does Republicans are given props for national security. These are default strengths.
They can be narrowed, but it's rare you equal or trump the perception of these strengths. It would take years for the Republicans, with a unified cohesive plan, to overtake the Liberals strength on healthcare if they desired to do so. Ditto the Dems. Rhetoric will not change the perception, expecially when that rhetoric centers around withdrawl from conflict.
The Dems have chosen to engage the Republicans on their strengths for two election cycles. They've dented Republicans but have not been able to overtake. So what do they do? Instead of focusing on positions where the public would give them default trust, they keep centering on our strengths in pigheaded belief they can beat the public down enough to give the the edge. Maybe they can, but it will take longer than two terms of a Republican Presidency to do this. In the meantime they'll lose more power, becoming irrelevant. They are digging a hole it will take generations to climb out of.
If the Libs want to focus on the WOT and Judiciary, I welcome them to do so since it'll benefit us. It just goes to show the Dems' braintrust no longer resides in their leadership.
If they have a brain trust at all. They are still living off the brain trust that was behind FDR in the 1930s/1940s.
Who would you say currently exhibits what one would call a brain trust among Dem Senators?
House reps?
It is all lockstep right off the cliff it seems.