How Democrats can win in 06' and 08'

[Quixote1818]

Tell me if this is a good strategy:


Connect Republicans with Bush and the Religious Right at every opportunity!!!!


The Religious right puts them in a very tight spot. They need to keep them happy but not look too cozy. Democratic opponents need to say, "He is a friend of Pat Robertson and the Fundamentalist Christians and George Bush" The more this is said Republicans will feel they have to separate themselves from the Religious Right causing their base to stay home.

[wtbymark]

1. How about voting

and getting other democratic minded people to vote also.

[malmapus]

2. Ensure ballots have a paper trail

But yeah we need to keep on the attack, never let up for a second in tying Republicans in with the religious right and Bush and especially Iraq as our casualties rise.

Enough of the DINOs who go along with the talking points of it all being an "intelligence failure".

[Johonny]

3. well

If American woke up and said "Holy %^$%^$ it's been 8 year of Bush and 14 years of a republican congress and I'm not better off in any area of my life. What the heck was I thinking!" I imagine republicans would lose every time. To me the message should be "They are in charge, if your life sucks, you feel America is immoral, you feel unsafe, you have no one looking out for you... well it's their fault!

[liberal N proud]

4. The religious reich and the fundies have to be clearly defined

The agenda of the fundies like Robertson and followers must be exposed and broadcast wide and far to make it work.
Otherwise you risk alienating the middle of the road voters and believe it or not they are essential.

[SteppingRazor]

5. Also, the Senate races are everything.

We have an outside chance of gainign a majority in the Senate. No chance at all of doing so in the House. If we can take control of the Senate, even at just 51 to 49, it means we take control of the legislative agenda. That would put a halt to Bush's depredations for the final two years of his presidency.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

6. Absolutely.

Tie every last motherfucker to Tom DeLay too. They've all had their photo ops - time to use those against em.

[Jim Lane]

7. Attacking the Christian Right is fine, but let's not forget class warfare

I agree with you that Democrats can benefit by showing that the Republicans won't cross the Christian Right on anything major. The angle to stress is that these are people who want to impose their religious beliefs on the rest of us.

The other dominant faction in the Republican Party is big business and the rich. (I suspect a lot of them chuckle quietly at their Christian Right allies. They don't care what happens to Terri Schiavo as long as they don't have to pay taxes or follow environmental regulations.) Therefore, the other big theme is the way Republicans help their paymasters at the expense of the rest of us.

My subject line is partly ironic. This sort of argument gets denounced by some people as "class warfare". I favor ignoring such denunciations.

[pstans]

8. Wouldn't that make Democrats look anti-Christain?

Wouldn't that make Democrats look anti-Christain? That would lead more people away from the party.

[theboss]

10. It can be done if they are smart

I'm not sure Howard Dean can do it, because you have to appear religious while criticizing the Religious Right. Kerry had trouble with it too.

Bill Clinton could always do it, beucause he looked like a man of faith angry at the hijacking of his religion. I think Edwards could do it.

The key is not to appear like a secularist.

[Quixote1818]

11. We would have to be careful

Most reasonable Christians hate the Religious Right but I agree we would not want to come across as anti Christian. We should play up that many Democrats are Christians so it does not look like an unbalanced attack.

[theboss]

9. You have to be clever to do that

Bill Clinton could pull it off.

Howard Dean can't.

You have to connect them to the truly radical parts of that agenda without looking like a secularist.

[Quixote1818]

12. I agree 100%

I think we can play up that Democrats are spiritual people while at the same time attack the Religious Right Republicans but it has to be done carefully.