Reply #14: Why don't Democrats respond with press conferences of their own?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

Of course we get to respond to his MAJOR speeches but he can call press conferences on a whim and command the public's attention for several news cycles. I think that Democrats in Congress (and elsewhere) need to get a coordinated effort going to call their own press conferences or otherwise respond to each and every one of his press conferences and/or his major public appearances. I think that part of the problem of the Bush/GOP getting to frame the debate all of the time is because there is often not much of a response from and hence, lack of coverage of the Democratic position. I know that POTUS gets the most attention from the public and indeed the world and POTUS will always be heard more often and louder than any member of Congress or of the public but that shouldn't prevent us from making a substantial effort to increase our visibility and get our position out there for people to hear. If ours is truly the majority opinion on most important issues, then it is our battle for the hearts and minds of the public to lose. If we get out there and make sure to remind people that we stand for them, there is far less likelihood that they will be swayed by the cheap (but amazingly effective) political demagoguery promulgated by the right-wingers not to mention all of the propaganda they are continuously "catapaulting".