2008 Blogging
Campaign blogging - thanks to Instapundit, I stumbled across this piece:
Good advice, but it still seems to really energize the Democratic base to continue to point out that Bush looks like chimp, or that he “stole” Ohio,
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That Frist move really woke me up. What's he doing breaking with the base? Running for President obviously. Just when you thought you could count on Repubs to do the reactionary thing when it came to medical research. Next thing you know, Frist or some other Presidential contender will come out in favor of evolution - or at least against “creation science” or “intelligent design”.
IT IS TIME for Democrats to stop moaning about John Roberts and John Bolton and start doing something productive -- such as figuring out how to win elections.
Even though Democrats continue to resist the outcome, George W. Bush won the 2004 presidential contest. His reelection triggered a time-honored cliche: To the victor, go the spoils. Bush selected a Supreme Court nominee and an ambassador to the United Nations who reflect his philosophy. Any Democratic president would do the same.
Good advice, but it still seems to really energize the Democratic base to continue to point out that Bush looks like chimp, or that he “stole” Ohio,
Democrats continue to fight the last campaign, while Republicans are planning for the next two. While the Democrats are busy bashing Bush -- a second-term president who is not running for anything -- the Republicans are working on their strategy for victory in 2006 and 2008. Ken Mehlman, the Republican National Committee chairman, continues the GOP outreach to Latino and African-American voters. Dividing up the Democratic base and conquering even a small piece of it helps Republicans in future elections and hurts Democrats.
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Democrats should also do with stem cell research what Republicans did with gay marriage: present the issue for a vote on every possible state ballot. Republican Bill Frist, the Senate majority leader from Tennessee, just demonstrated the power of the issue. Frist's surprise endorsement of a bill that would approve federal funds for new lines of stem cells enraged the right. But Frist knows the political center supports it, and the political center is where a presidential contender wants to be. In stem cell research, Democrats, for once, have an issue that fires up their base and cuts to the center, across diverse demographic groups.
That Frist move really woke me up. What's he doing breaking with the base? Running for President obviously. Just when you thought you could count on Repubs to do the reactionary thing when it came to medical research. Next thing you know, Frist or some other Presidential contender will come out in favor of evolution - or at least against “creation science” or “intelligent design”.
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