Liberal Oasis: Why The GOP Isn't Losing Badly Enough

[Larkspur]

http://www.liberaloasis.com/archives/022705.htm#030405

MyDD recently flagged a new strategy memo from James Carville and Stan Greenberg of Democracy Corps.

It concluded that even though the Republicans are losing the Social Security debate, they’re not yet paying a political price for it, the way Dems did after the ’94 health care debacle.

This should be no surprise.

As LiberalOasis has noted several times before, while Dem unity has been good on Social Security, the messaging has been scattered.

And as one MyDD commenter put it: “Dems have been successful so far in defending social security, what we have adequately failed to do is attack the GOP.”

To take it one step further, Dems haven’t used the issue to make the larger case why their view of the role of government is better for America than the GOP’s.
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I agree with Bill Scherr of Liberal Oasis that the Dems need to do a better job of attacking Bush and the GOP over principles and not just specific policies.

[xchrom]

1. that's phrased well -- and points out

a chronic problem for dems -- that would also include branding and marketing.

[msongs]

2. use language better: Repubs aim to DESTROY ss..........and

bush is incompetent..........use stronger language that is also true.

if you ran your family's financial affairs the way bush runs the US you would be homeless by now.

so "totally incompetent" is not too strong.......

never hear it used tho :-(

Msongs
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