"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I think you are right they have no ideas that I can see almost. The one idea they had that has been popular has been the minimum wage increase. Which passed with broad support.
They need solutions and new ideas to be popular imo. For example they are terrified of carbon emissions. Alright how about we slam in tens and tens of nuclear plants, buying from GE and Westinghouse creating tens of thousands of very high paying jobs. Nope they are against nuclear.
Instead they want carbon taxes, and to shrink the cars we drive and homes we live in.. Talk about unpopular. All their ideas go in the same vein. They point out an alleged problem, but then they are against any solution.
All they have is hating President Bush.
This does seem to be their platform. Whether they outright say it or imply it. I’m mad as heck about some of the things he did. But I voted for him twice and I would vote for him again in a heartbeat, if there were no viable alternative.