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(4,835 posts)and while I know it's true and scary, it seems that this is the message that we're getting from the folks who are compensated to ask the masses to vote for democrats.
I think the more effective message would be to tell the american people what the democrats would be working on if they were in charge.
The 'republicans are the boogeyman' message is not very inspiring. The president seemed to be avoiding going down that path with the State of the Union address promising free college and that sort of thing, but I think that the good work that the democrats have done and the good work that the democrats would do is drowned out by the 'boogeyman' message.
I'd rather the message be something like 'this is what we WOULD be doing, and this is what they ARE doing'. They have some good examples of work that they did when they had the chance. They need to stop stepping away from it and use it as bragging rights.
Just my 2 cents worth.