Enough Already (NYTimes)

[kentuck]

Perhaps we should not discard this slogan so quickly. It may have more potential than we originally thought. Simple and direct...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/29/opinion/29roemer.html

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In 1946, Karl Frost, an advertising executive, suggested a simple slogan to the Massachusetts Republican Committee: "Had Enough? Vote Republican!" Frost recognized that these simple words could unite his national party and blame its opponents, who controlled Congress, for causing or failing to solve the many problems facing the country, including meat shortages, economic difficulties and labor unrest. The strategy worked: in 1946, both houses of Congress flipped.

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"Had enough?" will speak to both Democrats and disillusioned Republicans. Liberals can use "Had Enough?" to reach out to voters enraged over the incompetent management of Iraq. Moderates might use "Had Enough?" to persuade swing voters on fiscal issues. And the implicit rejection of neoconservative politics will appeal to all voters who seek to spurn tainted Republican candidates.

"Had Enough?" also pre-empts Democrats' worst habits. Too often we've made campaigns complicated and policy-heavy. We love to unveil 40-page position papers and wonky diagrams. "Had Enough?" clears a broad path through such minutiae. "Public sentiment is everything," Abraham Lincoln said 150 years ago. "With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed."

Karl Frost's simple words can serve as the cavalry charge to help win the coming electoral battles — something Democrats are in an incredibly strong position to do. But make no mistake: new ideas matter. Democrats will also need the artillery of a disciplined, focused set of core proposals to complement their criticism of Republican excesses.

[kurth]

1. "I'm Mad As Hell, And I'm Not Taking It Anymore!"

[creeksneakers2]

2. A brief slogan is a good idea

But "Had enough?" was Newts idea. The GOP slogan is that Democrats have no ideas. We could wind up with Republicans at the end saying,"Democrats couldn't even think of their own slogan."

[BlueEyedSon]

3. I have "had enough", and I think many other merkins have too!