A little more on Vilsac. WaPo

[Dr.Phool]

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2006/02/insider_intervi.html?referrer=email

Insider Interview: Tom Vilsack's Democratic Optimism

The Fix has embarked on a project to sit down with each and every one of the candidates contemplating a 2008 White House run to give readers a sense of these politicians -- from a political, policy and personal perspective.

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Tom Vilsack believes that the Democrats' path back to the White House and to majority status in Congress revolves around one word -- "community."

"I think a lot of people value community," said Vilsack. "It's a terrific value for the Democratic Party and it's something all Democrats can get excited ."

Vilsack believes that by beginning conversations within the context of community, Democrats can insulate themselves from Republican attacks on so-called values questions. "What Republicans have done in my view is that they are systematically dismantling a sense of community in America," he said. To cast themselves as the rebuilders of the idea of community, Democrats talk about issues liked health care, national security and education from a values perspective, which can turn the debate on its head. "I think Democrats can talk that way and if we do we are going to be successful in elections," Vilsack said.

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[WyLoochka]

1. snorzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz n/t

[wryter2000]

2. Ye gods, can Vilsack get any lamer?

I have to admit that I thought "we can do better" would make a good slogan. Only, the way I envisioned it, "we can do better" would be followed by a lot of loud exposition on the crimes of the whole rw machine and all the death, poverty, and destruction they've caused around the world and here at home.

I can't believe the spinelessness of these wimps. What the fuck are they thinking?

BTW, two DLC'ers have been making good noises lately -- DiFi and Obama (may be more). I hope a few of them have dug their heads out of their rectums.