Reply #2: Many of our leaders from Congress [View All]

[democrank]

opine using "Senate speak" but I much prefer Howard Dean`s, Wes Clark`s, or even Ned Lamont`s crisp, concise answers. That said, I`m beginning to understand how this whole mess works. You have to boil your ideas down to something that sounds good on a pale blue backdrop. That`s unfortunate because some problems are so complicated that a catchy phrase just won`t do, like Bush`s "with us or with the terrorists."

When I step away from the blather on cable news and converse with everyday Democrats, I have no problem finding genuine, powerful statements. We should hear more from the "man on the street."