Posted on 02/18/2010 8:03:57 AM PST by Maelstorm
E.J. Dionne’s excellent column in this morning’s WaPo sums up the Democrats’ dilemma quite well. Dems have the right ideas, but they are losing the message war:
If you want to be honest, face these facts: At this moment, President Obama is losing, Democrats are losing and liberals are losing.
Who’s winning? Republicans, conservatives, the practitioners of obstruction and the Tea Party.
The two immediate causes for this state of affairs are a single election result in Massachusetts and the way the United States Senate operates. What’s not responsible is the supposed failure of Obama and the Democrats to govern as “moderates.” Pause to consider where we would be if a Democrat had won the Massachusetts Senate race last month. In all likelihood, health reform would be law, Democrats could have moved on to economic matters, and Obama would be seen as shrewd and successful.
But that’s not what happened, and Republican Scott Brown’s victory revealed real weaknesses on the progressive side: an Obama political apparatus asleep at the switch, huge Republican enthusiasm unmatched by Democratic determination, and a focused conservative campaign to discredit Obama’s ideas, notably his economic stimulus plan and the health-care bill.
The Obama administration argues that both the stimulus and the health bill are better than people think. That’s entirely true, and this is actually an indictment — it means that on the two big issues of the moment, Republicans and conservatives are winning an argument they should be losing.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.ajc.com ...
Yeap... let them keep thinking that. They’ll wake up on the first Wednesday in November wondering “what went wrong?”
Another clueless lib ...
What “right ideas” ?
The Obama administration argues that both the stimulus and the health bill are better than people think. That’s entirely true,
And the AJC wonders why it’s losing circulation.
“argues that both the stimulus and the health bill are better than people think. That’s entirely true”
What? Her laying out evidence as to why those two bills are so great consists of saying “that’s entirely true”. Wow. Who can argue with such solid reasoning. I highly doubt this woman read the entire health care bill. In fact, I doubt see can even read.
“Dems have the right ideas, but they are losing the message war”
Yeah yeah, AKA “Americans too stupid to understand that anti-US leftism is good for them”
“Dems have the right ideas, but they are losing the message war:” Please keep believing this for right up to November 2, PLEASE!
Yeah, they think Americans need more lectures about how stupid they are! They just aren’t getting that darn message about how awesome the economy and Obama are. LOL
No need to wonder--"It's All Bush's Fault!®"
Argueing, they say they have the right idea but are losing the message!! Insane. We got the message. That is why they are losing. They must not have real brains in their heads. Anything they say...the reverse seems to be true. It is a Universe of Lies.
keep in mind, to a leftist, everyone else doesn’t understand the higher intellect required to know how good this is for us all. we’re just dumb country bumpkins unable to decide for ourselves what’s best. they’re smart dontchaknow..
So, Ms. *ucker, you keep pushing your radical leftist agenda, REAL HARD, m'kay?
Let's let the voters decide.
It is just beyond their comprehension that THEY could be the ones that are WRONG, and not the people of the USofA.
You should of seen the Black Reporter on CNN go apoplectic when another reporter told him the Repubs are stalling the new stim...I mean jobs bill. He went Nuts.
“””E.J. Dionne’s excellent column in this morning’s WaPo sums up the Democrats’ dilemma quite well. Dems have the right ideas, but they are losing the message war:”””
Wow. It is great to see the leftists saying they are the fountain of great ideas. How can we help them get the message out to the public about these leftist great ideas?
The weakness is progressivism itself.
Yeah we just aren’t smart enough to know how stupid we are. If we did then we’d be happy to turn over the management of every aspect of our lives to them.
Got it. To Socialists the only cure for problems caused by Socialism ...More Socialism. Pathetic.
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