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Also conservatives rely too much on facts and logic. They don't work on democrats nearly as well as feelings.

This is a critical point. Democrats as a group are more motivated by feelings than rational thought. Which is, of course, why advertising works.

The key thing to remember is that those who are motivated by feelings are probably 80% or so of the population. Again, this is why advertising works. So, when communicating to democrats, it is better to focus on the emotional level. Which is why they loved (and still love) Clinton. Clinton is a Master at emotional manipulation. To those who are susceptible to that, they will always think he is great. To those who are motivated by rational thought, logic, law and precident - they see through him. But those are a minority of the population.

I would suggest some great emotional motivators to use on democrats, but cannot. That is my weakest area. Maybe some other folks on this board could come up with some good ideas.

This "I think" vs. "I feel" distinction is critical. As for Clinton I think (yes I think) that so many don't want to "feel" that they were snookered by him so they defend him. Nobody wants to "feel" like a dumbass.

It can't hurt to approach the coming mid-term elections as crucial to giving Bush the support he needs to defend US, contrasted with the divisiveness and poatponNIK approach of most democrat elected reps in House and Senate (postponing the forceful disarming of Saddam Insane is very dangerous to US).

Very good analysis.

Now a question. Was Reagan successful in appealing to the masses because he addressed their rational side, or their emotional side?

"Clinton is a Master at emotional manipulation. To those who are susceptible to that, they will always think he is great. To those who are motivated by rational thought, logic, law and precident - they see through him. But those are a minority of the population."

...Nail on the head.

I disagree with the premise. Less than half of the voters voted for Clinton each term. And each of Clinton's election terms there were less than half of registered voters voting. Thus, less than a quarter of registered voters voted for Clinton. Any perception that the general population was in love with Clinton is a fabrication by the media.

Beware.

Liberals are donning wartime costumes and yelping war chants because they know they must be in the mainstream or risk losing supporters.

Yesterday in Seattle on KVI radio a liberal was interviewed by John Carlson. This liberal was saying the samething. We must fight the war on terrorism, any criticism of Clinton is all politics, yada yada yada.

It's their new tact.

Remember, people loved Ronald Reagan on both sides of the aisle. He was kind, compassionate, in tune with people's "feelings" but he was overflowing with honor, humility and integrity. There are seemingly countless anecdotes of his responding personally (even on the telephone!) to people's letters and seeing to it that their needs were looked after, whether it was a senior citizen having trouble with social security or a vet having trouble with a VA hospital.

Those are the character traits that must be emphasized universally, forever.

Hey Democrats, I got your feelings right here.........................

All people, from childhood, start out as "feeling-based" thinkers. We cry when we feel bad and we giggle when we feel good. At infancy we are all liberals in this sense. We base our decisions on the way we feel about our environment. But soon enough we are educated (if we have parents who care to do their jobs) to understand that there is reasoning beyond self and emotions. With proper schooling we become more reflective and less reflexive. If we gain wisdom through experiance and heed wise council. We shed our feelings-based thinking and adopt a more intelect-based opinion making process into our lives. Only those who refuse to so grow up remain in their infantile liberal state beyond their formative years.