Why I think Democrats are going to lose in 06'

[inthebrain]

I can't begin to express my dissapointment in Democrats backing down from "impeachment" and using "investigations" instead. There are many ways where this wishy washy backing down as cost this party in the past.

1) Kerry as the anti war candidate- The base was pretty solidifyed in wanting an end to the Iraq war. What did the GOP do? They took film clips and distorted Kerry's position on the subject. They took a harball clip where Kerry was supposed to procalim himself the antiwar candidate.

That created one hell of conundrum where the base wanted out of Iraq andKerry wanted to fight a "smarter war". It created confusion and sets the candidate back to where they are muddled to explain their position.

2)The impeachment vs investigations- The Gop will play the same exact game with this again. Whether this party really wants to impeach this guy is up in the air. I don't see where they need any further evidence!!!!

But this will be played against the base and used to distort the candidates position. Much the same way they went after Kerry.



Look, I know many Democrats are easily spooked by Karl Rove. They here rumors of this email/talking points memo sent about impeachment and think it's time to re adjust. The strategy of re adjusting rather than giving a message that mirrors the base is a killer. These guys have a ball when they see this party back down like this.

That's exactly what they are trying to do.

What the base, that really thinks they can persuade this party, should be doing is going after any Dem candidate willing to back off promises of impeachment. As far as I see, the Dems have already set the GOP up to frame the debate on this issue. Talking of "investigations" rather then "impeachment", when all evidence is out in the open, is putting this party back on the defensive.

The startegy works every time for the GOP. Democrats need to just play their game and followe along with the base. They've caved on too much over the last 2 years and can't afford to back down off of this either.