Whoa back on the 'Dems plan to run on the economy' talk.

[americanstranger]

From The Hill:

Congressional Democrats plan to hold Iraq war hearings on Capitol Hill and around the country, turning an election spotlight on an issue much as the GOP did with immigration during the summer recess.

The Democrats’ will highlight the fact that they intend to go toe-to-toe with Republicans on the issue of national security, believing that this election cycle it can play to their advantage rather than to their detriment as it has in elections past.

http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/092106/iraq.html

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And Ezra Klein actually got the info from the inside:

So I called up some folks in the Democratic leadership to ask them whether the story was truthful. The answer I got was "sort of." There are certain campaigns -- like Amy Klobuchar’s in Minnesota, and Sherrod Brown’s in Ohio -- that are pounding in a primarily economic message as that's what voters are worried about there. But the national messaging from the Democratic leadership has been almost all national-security focused. "Go through the press list of the last two weeks," one of aide advised me. "Count the number of events done on Iraq and national security, and those on the economy. There's been one event on the economy and I think eight on national security." Additionally, the next couple of weeks will feature an increase, not a decrease, of pressure on the Iraq issue.

http://www.prospect.org/weblog/2006/09/post_1481.html#010038

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FYI.

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[Lerkfish]

1. they should run on NOT being the torture party, NOT being the lying us

into war party.

If they followed the polls, they'd realize these are the issues there is a majority opinion on.

[fooj]

2. Just read that...

thanks for sharing it here.

[MikeNearMcChord]

3. "It's the economy, stupid"

That phrase needs to the mantra, plus are you better off now than two years ago, would be another one. What will the GOP do?

[SmokingJacket]

5. Unfortunately, I'm afraid it will fall flat when

gas prices will be at recent lows and the stock market will be at an all-time high.

Even if people's personal economy is no good, many people will think "Oh, well, it must be just me -- the media say everything is rosy."

[warrens]

4. That's more like it

A great ad would be "Unlike the Republicans, if the bank next door is stuck up, we'll go after the bank robbers, not the kids in the ice cream parlor on the other side of town." It would be fun to have Repuke "cops" beating up a bunch of little girls at an ice cream social while the robbers leave town in style.