One of the reasons the Dem's aren't putting out a unified

[WCGreen]

election response now is simply because they don't have all their candidates in place....

They are running primary elections now which are even more localized than the general election....

Once the primaries are over, look for there to be a lot of unified photo ops, ala Gingrich in 1994....

They have a plan....

They just aren't sure of all the players yet...

[yurbud]

1. hope you are right--how does that explain those in office not trying to

earn the right to keep their seat?

[WCGreen]

8. They want to nationalize the election....

There is a lot of campaigning going on now that is aimed at the local level....

[yurbud]

12. and they think censure and holding Bush accountable doesn't play at

local level?

[WCGreen]

16. I just think they don't want to play their hand now....

Look, it is over eight months away....

It is very expensive to run a sustainable PR campaign...

They are setting the tone at the local level....

Culture of Coruption.....

[yurbud]

25. what does it cost to take a stand and get something in the

congressional record?

What is the PR campaign selling if there is no record of action to base it on?

[liberalnurse]

2. When do the Primaries end?

Ohio has their Primary vote May 2nd....I'm ready for the game to begin. O8)

[WCGreen]

9. I can't wait for May 2nd to get here all ready...

But I believe some of the primaries go deep into the summer.....

[liberalnurse]

23. Late Primaries can be fatal

to Democrats trying to run up against an incumbent republican. Many PAC's won't endorse a candidate until after the Primary.

[MadMaddie]

3. This may be true, however; they had glimpses of who

might be thinking about running in January....they know the elections are in November and they are dragging their feet...

Is it really that they are afraid to put their candidates out yet because they want to limit the time that swiftboating can be implemented against the candidates?

[WCGreen]

10. Well, they also do not have a big old pile of money

They need to spend their money strategically......

Beleive you me, when they start hammering at the GOP come October, you will see that it was all worth waiting for....

Plus, the earlier they tip their hat, the easier it will be for the GOP to respond....

[Minnesota Libra]

4. A couple of other things to consider..........

.....the republicans didn't have their candidates all figured out when they came out with PNAC, "Contract with America", or any of their messages either.

On top of that, if Democrats do figure out a party message how many here at DU do you really think would agree with it anyway?? Me? I'll take most anything over what we have in DC now.

Just some thoughts.

[Teaser]

5. Democrats are going to release a "contract with America"

either late spring or summer.

[Minnesota Libra]

6. That would be very cool!! nt

[yurbud]

31. DLCers would be better, but would likely give cons and

their corporate sponsors enough slack to organize their next assault on democracy.

I'm not holding out for socialized medicine, but they at least need to go far enough with an anti-corruption plank that it will clean some of the corporate tapeworms like Lieberman and Biden out of the Democratic Party eventually.

[iconoclastNYC]

7. '94 Thugs didn't unveil the Contract On America until..

Six weeks before the election.

We criticize Republicans for corruption, imcompetence, and lies.... they can only criticize us for how run our campaign. That says a lot.

We'll see what they think about our campaign when the polls close.

[WCGreen]

11. I think the people are with us on this....

[yurbud]

13. contract less important than that it represented values they already were

pursuing.

A strong anti-corruption plank would be nice, but hard to believe if Democrats don't at least publicly acknowledge Bush's corruption and crimes.

[iconoclastNYC]

14. We've got the Culture of Corruption meme into the mainstream

We don't need to show our hand yet. This criticism is stupid GOP spoon fed nonsense.

[WCGreen]

15. That is so true....

But they have been hammering away....

At almost every stop...

The Culture of Coruption.....

Listen and you will hear it....

They will bring that out loud and clear when they can sustain it with a political ads....

[CarlSheeler4U]

17. ..and that unity includes ostracizing Feingold's censure efforts

[CarlSheeler4U]

18. If leaders are eagles, eagles don't flock. What do we want?

[WCGreen]

19. It could have been planned that way.....

Also, Feingold may have been calling attention to himself for his run for the Pres in 2008...

There are all sorts of stuff that goes into these decisions....

Personally, I thin RF jumped too soon....

They should have done this right before recess.....

That's just my opinion....

[spag68]

20. Feingold

did just the right thing. get this stuff out in the public eye, keep talking about it, keep them guessing about other plans

[CarlSheeler4U]

21. While timing is always a consideration being in touch with the

public is what is missing in American politics and RF saying what needs to be said ought to have been done right AFTER Spector had stated Bush exceeded his authority and BEFORE the committee chose to change the law so Bush's acts were no longer a crime. Er, how 'bout after the Dubai Port deal or the losses of lives in Iraq due to the nonexistsent civil war.

[DrGonzoLives]

22. "Plan" is a four-letter word to the Beltway jackasses that run the party

n/t

[WCGreen]

24. I really think we are going to be surprised....

I was in DC this weekend... Talked to some folks....

I think we are going to be surprised....

[Javaman]

26. Ummm riiiiight, explain lieberman...n/t

[spag68]

27. lieberman

the only explanation for him is that he got some bad acid

[WCGreen]

30. Joe doesn't need the party.......

[laugle]

28. I think John Murtha gave a good answer to Russert this weekend;

when asked if he "favored Censure" he said "there would need to be investigations first" I think that was a very good an honest answer!

This way he didn't commit himself either way, which certainly leaves the door open!

[WCGreen]

29. You are correct....

I really think that is the case....

[yurbud]

32. Don't they need SOME action to run on? And something to

show activists they are worth the effort other than they aren't actively destructive like the GOP?