The Democrats have some big questions in front of them. The main question is how to take control of the agenda. The Republicans are have mostly lost it. The budget is out of control. The war in Iraq is out of control. Corruption is abound in the government and high level members of the administration have either been indicted or are still under investigation.

The problem, as Edie point out in a previous comment, is that even though Republicans are looking lousy in the polls, the Democrats aren't that much better. The percentages are only slightly higher. What do they do to take control of the agenda.

They need to pick the budget and fuel costs. These issues will make the difference. Start talking about how to bring the budget under control and bring fuel costs down so people won't freeze this winter. Make sure gas is affordable too. Right now, the Republicans want to continue to lower taxes. No one wants to give more money to the government but at what cost? There are a lot of pork areas that can be trimmed. The Dems need to take the moral high ground and give up some of these projects, hammer down these costs and see about protecting the social programs. It could work.

I think there's more too it and I can go into those later but The Democrats must offer an appealing and reasonable alternative while working on a few wedge issues. @006 is critical and unless the Dems get it together, the status quo will remain intact.

posted by Stithmeister @ 3:39 PM
 
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