Reply #32: We all already know why we lost... SOUP SANDWICH [View All]

[Turn CO Blue]

deepdown,

if we set-aside election fraud and vote-rigging for a few minutes,

then we are still left with the disheartening realization that millions upon millions of people were willing to vote for the Bush administration.

Why?

These are the main ideas I've absorbed from various sources:

1. LIKEABILITY - Our presidential candidate, while a great man, did not seem to possess the "it" factor (likeability) that plays well for the short-attentioned span of the celebrity-loving population that Americans have become. There are better ways to use marketing, image consultants, stylists, and photo-ops -- and Dems need to learn what those methods are - hire a big-time New York ad agency. We'd have more success than relying on the DNC or DLC.

2. MESSAGE - His campaign team just couldn't seem to get a clear message or stay on message. Regular people are busy - they only have time for a sound-bite or two (except for all of us political junkies)

3. REFRAME - Dems allow the Repubs to choose the language of each issue and debate.

4. CONVICTION/COURAGE - Dems have become so tame, so amenable, so shy of rocking the boat - that they won't stand for anything, even the really important issues. They are always on the defensive, rarely launch offenses or "pre-emptive strikes" (ha!)

5. TEAM - The Dem leadership cannot "row together" in one direction -- too much infighting, some want to go "center", some farther "left", too many generals not enough grunts. As my mother would have said, "they're about as organized as a soup sandwich"!


I reiterate my earlier post - Dems have to run for everything from school board, county commissioner, mayor, and dog catcher. We can make our own tidal wave from the local level. That's where the real changes are made that affect average people.