I tend to agree with you, but still concerned about the issues mentioned. This sums it up for me http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/05/how-the-lame-democrats-blew-it.html
"Call me cynical, but campaigns arenât won on love. They are won on fear." "Winning doesnât mean being everything to everybody. It means mounting a campaign that reaches your voters with your message and turning them out on Election Day. Thatâs why Republicans continue to win local and district level races. Thatâs why an otherwise out-of-touch party of old white men continues to be competitive nationally, even when the numbers say otherwise." Think even outside of politics, one can learn from the way the GOP ran it's campaigns, and what the general population, whether we like it or not, *actually* responds to. On 5 November 2014 10:52, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I was thinking it signalled the population's sentiments and an indicator > > for 2016 election period. > > > > A ton of that depends on how the next 12-18 months plays out. I'm going to > put my ideologue hat aside for a moment and talk pure DC politics. > > Truth be told, if the GOP wants to maintain control they need to not go > after the button issues, rather McConnell needs to be the exact opposite of > Harry Reid. As Majority Leader, Reid controlled the items that came to the > floor of the Senate. There were a number of items in your list that could > have been debated, amended and voted on that Reid did not bring to the > floor. > > From a political perspective it would actually be better for the GOP to run > the Congress as openly and transparently as possible. Let there be debates > and let the American people see where their elected officials actually > stand on all of the issues. > > It's funny, Viv, you said that the DNC needs to, "start playing the GOP > game." As Jerry said, national elections are like a pendulum. I agree to > a large degree, look back over time and you'll see the shifting. I also > disagree because I don't think that the American public has been convinced > that the GOP will need to be replaced then. > > Presidential year elections have larger voter turn-out and even more money > involved. Ideologue that I am (and I can afford to be, I'm *not* an > elected official nor am I a part of any party organization), my hope is > that both sides field fresh candidates. I'm expecting to be disappointed > in that but I can hope. We're going to see the DNC decry anything that the > GOP has done, the GOP go after administrative bogey-men and at least 17.5% > of the candidates will have a video where there sleeves are rolled up and > they are holding their suit coat over their shoulder. > > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some > smelting to find it. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372871 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
