yes, the Democratic organization had some real stupid problems in the last election. At least around here they alienated the swing voters by calling them every three minutes, and alienated the Hispanic voters by taking them for granted. However, they show every sign of doing exactly the same thing this time around.
We really really really need a third party. On 8/30/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bob Novak has a gloomy outlook for Republicans: > > http://www.humanevents.com/evansnovak.php?id=16792#2 > > He agrees with me on the funding point but believes the second big issue > Dems have is the overwhleming superiority of the Republican > get-out-the-vote > machine. > > On 8/30/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The Democrats have a shot, but they have two big challenges: > > > > 1. Funding - The RNC has $30 million more than the DNC, and that money > > will go directly into anti-Democrat attack ads in vulnerable Republican > > districts in the Fall. The Dems need to be able to counter this wave of > > negative advertising. > > > > 2. Message - The Dems say their message is 80% negative this year. Their > > strategy is to pound Congress and the President for everything that has > gone > > wrong in the last two years. It plays well in the polls, but will it > amount > > to big gains at the ballot box? I don't know. I still think people are > > waiting for the Democrats to actually propose something, anything > resembling > > and alternative to Republican policies. Some Democrats want to push a > plan, > > but the leadership (Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi) has other ideas. They > think > > they can win with a purely negative, anti-incumbent message. > > > > We're 10 weeks from election day. A lot can change in 10 weeks, and it > > only takes a small change in the mood of the country to tip the balance > back > > to Republicans. Due to the re-districting efforts of the last several > years, > > Republicans don't have to be wildly popular to maintain control of > Congress. > > They just need to be marginally more popular than Democrats in a handful > of > > competitive districts. > > > > > > > > On 8/30/06, Loathe wrote: > > > > > > I honestly hope they do take control, I'm just not too sure it's going > > > to > > > happen. I think that while this falls election will be important, it > > > won't > > > be nearly as important as the one two years from now. > > > > > > > > -- > > --------------- > > Robert Munn > > www.funkymojo.com > > > > > > -- > --------------- > Robert Munn > www.funkymojo.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214574 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
