But with Republicans largely forsaking a domestic agenda to coast on war-on-terrorism fumes, and with Democrats casting about for a new message to get on-message about (so desperately that their leadership recently sent letters to cable executives begging for more television coverage), the most forceful voice at the moment seems to be McAuliffe's. It's not every day that 300 media organizations flock to Harlem to cover a voter-registration-themed fund-raiser.
I don't agree with the writer's sentiment that the Rats are regaining traction at all.
Clinton goes to the Apollo and gets treated like the Risen Christ. So what's new? McAuliffe spews the usual talking points. I still don't see what's new? The Lapdog press shows up to catch a vision of their Rock Star President who presided over their own Gilded Age. I'm not sure that anyone should be surprised that the Press will cover Clinton, so why is this reporter?
Bear in mind that this is the Weekly Standard. Their mission in life is to attack Bush from the right. Personally, I don't believe for one minute that Bush is ignoring domestic politics. Just this past week he led a raid into South Dakota. He is also positioning the Democrats as the Party of Obstruction. Bob Dole was never as stupid as Daschle has been.
While Labash's article is yet another example of DoomnGloom Conservative writing, it's also a curious picture of the Democratic Party of the moment:
Not one new idea. Just a bitter past to lean on.
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Chris