Feingold: I'm amazed at Dems. cowering with this pres's #'s so low!

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Sen. Feingold said the following to Fox News’ Trish Turner:

I’m amazed at Democrats, cowering with this president’s numbers so low. The administration just has to raise the specter of the war and the Democrats run and hide. … Too many Democrats are going to do the same thing they did in 2000 and 2004. In the face of this, they’ll say we’d better just focus on domestic issues. … cower to the argument, that whatever you do, if you question the administration, you’re helping the terrorists.

I found this at Huffington post.

[On Par]

1. The Dems Are Too Busy Running Around....

...chasing their own tails. They can no longer scream "the sky is falling," until they can offer their own platforms on how to attack the nation's problems.

[MH1]

2. "Until they can..." huh???

Seems to me that Dems have been offering plenty of plans on how to handle the nation's problems.

Only republicans refuse to admit it.

So why are you repeating republican talking points?

[hippiechick]

4. Because it's not a 'Republican Talking Point'

... as you so
(ahem) put it. All one has to do is look over the Feingold Censure threads to know - for a fact - that yes, there are Dems out there with ideas, but at the same time as anyone puts forth a 'platform', the rest of the herd swarms and attacks and poll-tests until that particular position is either gutted, retracted, or it's author is shamed or hung out to dry "... he/she doesn't speak for the entire party ... " blah blah bullshit.

We continue to eat our own, for the sake of - what, exactly?
There is NO solidified, universal Democratic platform at the moment, and woe are the Demo candidates, voters and volunteers on election day who don't force their nominees to grab themselves by the cojones and get on board with one.

[MH1]

6. This one looks pretty good to me, and it's nothing new.

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/politics/14097952.htm

Kerry's rebuttal; Romney's poll effort
WILL LESTER
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - John Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004 and a possible candidate in 2008, says his party does have a message for the electorate: Vote for change.

"Don't let anybody tell you we Democrats don't know what we stand for," the Massachusetts senator said in comments prepared for delivery Wednesday to the Communications Workers of America. "Give this country a Democratic Congress and you will see a difference on Day One, and a fundamental change of direction for Washington."

Democrats have come under increasing criticism for lacking a unified message that would allow them to capitalize on Republicans' political problems in this November's midterm elections.

In an AP-Ipsos poll in March, Democrats had an 11-point lead over Republicans on which party people want to see in control of Congress.

Kerry's key points: "Tell the truth; fire the incompetents; find Osama bin Laden and secure our ports and homeland; bring our troops home from Iraq; obey the law and protect our civil rights.

"Stop subsidizing big oil and start investing in energy alternatives; make access to affordable health care a right and not a privilege; reduce the deficit and respect work over wealth; chase the money changers from the temple of democracy; and invest in education and fight for American jobs that restore the American dream."

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Who can't get on board with that? In fact, which Dems aren't on board with at least most of those points?

But I agree with you about "eating our own." That was kind of the point of my prior post. I think that Dems do have a platform, it is the repukes and the media that is fostering this notion that we don't, and we aren't doing a good job fighting that, partly because we still haven't learned to manage the media, partly because in truth every Dem manages to say the words differently, and partly because too many so-called-liberal pundits seem to have bought into the "no platform" meme and are parroting it back.

[On Par]

7. The Difficulty For The Dems Is They....

....Do not control any part of gov't. Therefore, they don't have a microphone, one message, or one person to deliver it. And as you can see with the Feingold resolution, it's going to be a slow climb.

[central scrutinizer]

3. keeping their powder dry

[Debi]

5. Plenty of that - haven't stood up to Bush since??????? n/t