Those Catchy Democratic Slogans!
Since late last summer, indicators have been pointing towards deep public dissatisfaction with President Bush and the Republicans in Congress. The Democratic Party has responded with some very solid candidate recruitment for the 2006 midterm Congressional races and a great number of polls at the national and localized level seem to indicate the potential exists for the Democrats' first good election night in eight years coming to fruition. But if it does happen, it will not be the result of any rhetorical wordsmiths in their party's ranks.
Much of the Republicans' success in taking over both Houses of Congress in 1994 came from Newt Gingrich's brainchild, the "Contract with America". The Democrats are divided (surprise!) on whether a sweeping checklist of policy goals serves their collective interest or contradicts it, but they have outlined a few incredibly broad and benign priorities to pursue if they take over one of both Houses of Congress, including lowering the cost of student loans, raising the minimum wage, and "protecting Social Security". But if those talking points aren't cliched enough, the real howlers come from the Democratic leadership's catchprases for these packages. Initially, the attention-grabbing title for the Democratic policy platform was "Together, America Can Do Better". Amazingly, there were a few killjoy dissenters who found this masterstroke of marketing genius to be insufficient. Thankfully, they reinvented the poetic wheel again and settled upon "A New Direction for America". How inspirational!!!!!
After nine months of preparation, the best the Democratic Congressional leadership can do is "A New Direction for America". If you're anything like me, you just can't wait to head to the polls this fall and reward the socialist Shakespeares behind such quirky and clever advertising.
How did the Democratic Party become so hopelessly dysfunctional? The sad thing is that if the Democrats are lucky enough to win back Congress despite their hapless leadership, they'll be unlikely to choose better leaders within their ranks. As long as Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are steering the ship, myself and every other member of the Democratic Party is guaranteed to hit more icebergs than we clear.
Much of the Republicans' success in taking over both Houses of Congress in 1994 came from Newt Gingrich's brainchild, the "Contract with America". The Democrats are divided (surprise!) on whether a sweeping checklist of policy goals serves their collective interest or contradicts it, but they have outlined a few incredibly broad and benign priorities to pursue if they take over one of both Houses of Congress, including lowering the cost of student loans, raising the minimum wage, and "protecting Social Security". But if those talking points aren't cliched enough, the real howlers come from the Democratic leadership's catchprases for these packages. Initially, the attention-grabbing title for the Democratic policy platform was "Together, America Can Do Better". Amazingly, there were a few killjoy dissenters who found this masterstroke of marketing genius to be insufficient. Thankfully, they reinvented the poetic wheel again and settled upon "A New Direction for America". How inspirational!!!!!
After nine months of preparation, the best the Democratic Congressional leadership can do is "A New Direction for America". If you're anything like me, you just can't wait to head to the polls this fall and reward the socialist Shakespeares behind such quirky and clever advertising.
How did the Democratic Party become so hopelessly dysfunctional? The sad thing is that if the Democrats are lucky enough to win back Congress despite their hapless leadership, they'll be unlikely to choose better leaders within their ranks. As long as Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are steering the ship, myself and every other member of the Democratic Party is guaranteed to hit more icebergs than we clear.
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