A Conference Call With Reid & Dinner with a Republican (Steve Clemmons)

[kpete]

An Evening with the Bush Administration's Good Side and A Call for Senator Reid's Tough Side:
Navigating Political Rapids As They Are, Not As We'd Like Them To Be



What has triggered my thinking about these matters are two conversations I had yesterday.

One was a dinner with an unnamed Senior Administration Official who confirmed my view that there are many thoughtful, fair-minded, and deeply concerned senior Bush administration Republicans who think that the administration must turn itself around and get out of the "thumb in their eye" national security positions it has taken.

The other was an interesting conference call between bloggers and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

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However, as I told Senator Reid yesterday, Democrats have too much of a tendency to concede defeat before the battle has really been fought -- and many Republicans, in contrast, are declaring victory even if they may be losing.

Dems need a combination of hard-edged tactics and serious resolve as well as good vision and proposals.

But we have three years left of one of the most dramatic and often disturbing presidencies in decades -- and I believe that the reasonable and sensible personalities in the Bush administration should be supported while the clan that holds close to Vice President Cheney -- and which is responsible for the worst disasters of Bush's term -- need to be exposed and vilified.

lots of insight at:
http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/001193.php

[Lerkfish]

1. nail on the head here:

"Democrats have too much of a tendency to concede defeat before the battle has really been fought -- and many Republicans, in contrast, are declaring victory even if they may be losing."

there, my friends is the crux of the problem.