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Edited on Mon Jan-03-11 12:50 PM by Liberal_Stalwart71
I am totally convinced that if the Obama administration and the Democratic Party in general fail to better market their message, we will undoubtedly have a Republican president in 2011.
The Democrats and the president failed to sell their accomplishments to the American people. One of the major reasons why they lost the House--the unemployment rate notwithstanding--is that they allowed the Republicans to push a false narrative.
Now we see another major push by the Republicans to go after repealing the health care reform law. Because the mandate is unpopular across the board, the narrative is that the American people don't like the reform package *in general*.
We know that it's not true. We know that poll after poll, survey after survey, demonstrate that many Americans agree with specific elements of the reform package. The mandate is probably the most unpopular aspect of the package. But as Americans learn more about what's in the reform bill, support goes up.
We also know that Americans wanted the bill to go much further than it did. The public option polled incredibly well. The White House and the Senate squandered a great opportunity to take advantage of that, caving in to the Republican narrative and going along with Corporate America.
All that caving didn't help the Blue Dogs. They lost anyway, so what's the point?
The Democrats need to sell all the good stuff that they've done for the American people--from tax cuts in the stimulus bill to going after credit card companies to student loan reform.
If they cannot sell these and other major accomplishments, and the American people are duped into buying Republican talking points, then it's over. We already have to deal with a corporate media that refuses to hold the Republicans accountable for their lies.
We need better messaging, period!
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